Anyone Speak K’iche’ or Mam? U.S. immigration courts overwhelmed by indigenous languages
Jennifer Medina SAN DIEGO — With a mother and her three children facing deportation, the immigration judge wanted to make sure the woman understood the charges against her. But even with the help of an interpreter speaking in Q’anjob’al, a Mayan language, Magdalena Lucas Antonio de Pascual appeared to comprehend little. “What language do you …
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