Disability rights lawyers threatened with budget cuts, reassignments

By: Tony Leys, KFF Health News

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: December 31, 2025

Words: 1,363

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say.

Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for disability rights agencies that Congress set up in every state decades ago. Many of the Justice Department lawyers quit in 2025 after being reassigned to other duties, their supporters say. And Trump budget officials proposed deep cuts to federal grants supporting the …

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