[lg policy] Language Access Has Life-or-Death Consequences for Migrants By Tom Jawetz and Scott Shuchart Posted on February 20, 2019, 9:05 am Language Access Has Life-or-Death Consequences for Migrants Getty/John Moore A Border Patrol agent speaks with immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, February 2019. OVERVIEW Following the deaths in Border Patrol custody of two children whose families spoke indigenous languages, it is clear that the agency needs to be far more proactive in providing interpretation and translation services. PRESS CONTACT This report contains a correction. Introduction and summary In December 2018, two children from indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala died while in U.S. Border Patrol custody. Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, 7, and Felipe Gómez Alonzo, 8, both came to the United States with their fathers, looking to escape impoverished rural communities that have for years been on the receiving end of discrimination and state-sanctioned violence.1 T

[Harold Schiffman]

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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