BLIND Mexican man, 23, is denied naturalization to become a U.S. Citizen after he flunked the test because he was ‘unable to READ a sentence in English’
- Lucio Delgado, from Iguala, Guerrero, shared that he received a letter telling him that he ‘failed to successfully pass the reading test’
- The 23-year-old added that he provided evidence to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to show that he was visually impaired
- Delgado, who is legally blind and uses a cane to get around, says agents knew the state of Illinois did not provide the adequate resources to take that part
- Delgado stressed that he would appeal the decision in his initial post, and shared in a follow up that he had managed to speak with a level 2 agent with the agency
- But according to the immigrant, the agent informed him that they could not do anything to help his case
- He is now seeking help from an immigration attorney
Lucio Delgado, from Iguala, Guerrero, said he received a letter informing him that he ‘failed to successfully pass the reading test’ which demonstrated that he lacked ‘the educational skills to be considered for naturalization’
A blind Mexican man living in Chicago was denied naturalization to become an American Citizen because he was unable to read a sentence in English.
Lucio Delgado, from Iguala, Guerrero, took to Facebook last week to share that a letter he received informed him that he ‘failed to successfully pass the reading test’ which demonstrated that he lacked ‘the educational skills to be considered for naturalization.’
The 23-year-old, who is legally blind and uses a white cane to get around, added that he provided evidence to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to show that he was visually impaired.
Delgado says that agents who took his case knew that the state of Illinois had not provided him with the resources in order to complete the reading portion of the test.
He also suggests that those same agents may have even forgotten to update his file to show that he would be omitted from the reading portion of the test – which would allow his application to be processed a lot faster.
The 23-year-old, who is legally blind and uses a white cane to get around, added that he provided evidence to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to show that he was visually impaired
‘In my humble, personal and definitely angry opinion, I believe this immigration system is broken,’ he added.
‘If the agents that took my case would have advocated for me to be omitted from taking that reading portion of that test, I have given you all a much different and positive news.’
Delgado stressed that he would appeal the decision in his initial post, and shared in a follow up that he had managed to speak with a level 2 agent with the agency.
But according to the immigrant, the agent informed him that they could not do anything to help his case.
Delgado stressed that he would appeal the decision in his initial post, and shared in a follow up that he had managed to speak with a level 2 agent with the agency. But according to the immigrant, the agent informed him that they could not do anything to help his case
‘So, according to that agent’s words, I must fill in an appeal form within a time gap of 30 days after the decision was taken,’ he explained. ‘Oh, and that’s not all. I have to pay to appeal my case.
‘To top it off, since the agents that took my case only offered verbal statements and not written statements of my omission from the reading portion of the naturalization test, she basically let me know that that might not be enough evidence to support my counter statement.
Delgado felt dejected by the latest update from the agency, adding that he felt like he was ‘running out of options.’
He is now seeking help from an immigration attorney
He is now seeking help from an immigration attorney.
‘Over here I was going to get the education I couldn’t get In Mexico,’ Delgado, who first came to the U.S. six years ago, explained to CBS Chicago. ‘I was going to be someone. I was going to make my family here and there proud.’
A doctor’s note will be needed to prove that he is blind, something difficult for Delgado as he does not have health insurance.
‘To receive such negative news it shattered all of my dreams in one second,’ he stated.