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Texas Court Interpreter Detained by ICE at Airport Says She’s Been ‘Humiliated and Treated Like a Criminal’
Meenu Batra, a longtime Texas court interpreter being held in a federal detention facility after being detained by federal immigration officers, called the experience “degrading.” Batra, who has lived in…
U.S. Department of Education Dissolving Federal Office Serving English Learners
The U.S. Department of Education plans to dissolve the office that supports the country’s five million English learners. The move comes as the Trump administration has called to dismantle the…
Northern Ireland to Offer Free Sign Language Classes for Deaf Children
Northern Ireland will become the first part of the U.K. to provide free sign language classes to all Deaf children and their families through a new sign language law being…
Washington State Passes Law to Promote Consistent Language Access
In a win for local language access efforts in the U.S., Washington State passed SHB 2475, a bill aimed at standardizing language access guidelines across all state agencies. SHB 2475,…
China Approves “Ethnic Unity” Law Requiring Minorities to Learn Mandarin
China has approved a new law that claims to help promote “ethnic unity,” but critics say it will further erode the rights of minority groups. On paper, the law aims…
Sign Language Students Expand Access at University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa Games
A new group of volunteers is helping more fans feel part of the crowd during athletic events at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. American Sign Language (ASL) students, under…
Bennington College Launches Literary Translation Program
The Bennington Writing Seminars, the MFA in Writing Program at Bennington College, announced the launch of a new dual-genre concentration in literary translation. Applicants and current students studying fiction, nonfiction,…
Northwest Territories Indigenous Language Interpreters Weigh in on New Training Program
The Government of the Northwest Territories of Canada recently announced a new pilot to train the next generation of Indigenous language interpreters at the Legislative Assembly. Under the Interpreter Career…
New Brunswick Government Using Generative AI to Translate Internal Documents
The government of New Brunswick, Canada, has entered the world of artificial intelligence (AI) with the implementation of a website called ChatGNB that’s available exclusively for government employees. While there…
New York Attorney General Celebrates Expansion of Multilingual Emergency Alerts
Following a multistate demand letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 2025 led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the FCC has published a long-delayed Multilingual Alerts…
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