How Trump’s Crackdown on the Homeless Became a Radical Backstep on Disability Rights

This article is part of “Disabled and refused” a series examining cuts to Medicaid home care and the fallout for people with disabilities and their families.

In a secret meeting at the White House complex this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out the plan: To make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize homeless people with mental illnesses, the Trump administration was advocating a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of Americans with disabilities.