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July 3, 2019 | San Francisco Chronicle
The Trump administration is preparing to replace in-court interpreters at initial immigration court hearings with videos informing asylum seekers and other immigrants facing deportation of their rights, The Chronicle has learned.
The administration
portrays the change as a cost-saving measure
for an immigration court system bogged down under a growing backlog. But
advocates for immigrants are concerned the new procedure could jeopardize their due-process rights
, add confusion and potentially make the system less efficient by causing more of them to go underground or appeal cases.
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July 9, 2019 | The New York Times
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department’s request to switch its legal team midway through a case challenging the Trump administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
The sharply worded order, by United States District Judge Jesse M. Furman, may further hobble an already struggling battle by the administration to save the citizenship question.
Efforts to block it have become a crucial political issue as the next census — and the redrawing of political boundaries in 2021 that will use fresh census data — draws near.
On Sunday, the Justice Department said it was replacing the legal team defending the citizenship question. It offered no explanation for the change, which came in the middle of a prolonged clash over whether the administration’s arguments for adding the question could be believed.
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July 6, 2019 | The Washington Post
English is far from the only language spoken in Britain.
Significant time and resources have been put toward preserving indigenous minority languages across Britain, including Welsh, Gaelic, Scots and Irish. And, of course, many other languages are spoken — among them, Polish, Punjabi, Arabic and French.
It’s understandable how Boris Johnson, a front-runner to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street,
ruffled some feathers on Friday when he said, “There are too often parts of our country … where English is not spoken by some people as their first language.”
“And that needs to be changed,” he said.
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July 8, 2019 | LanguageLine Solutions
(blog)
The Trump administration wants to remove this and other related regulations, including eliminating the requirement that limited-English patients be given directions on how to report discrimination.
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he administration’s stated rationale for the changes to these laws, which are established under
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
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is to save money for healthcare providers, insurers, and pharmacy benefit managers.
The proposed rule also
takes away the requirement for the Office of Civil Rights to weigh the presence or absence of effective language-access plans
. In addition, it wants to eliminate current video remote interpreting standards.
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POLICY CLIPS
EDUCATION CLIPS
INDUSTRY CLIPS
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Exciting JNCL Update: New Website Sneak Peak
The staff at JNCL-NCLIS have been hard at work creating a new website and NewsBrief to better serve our members in the language community. Keep an eye out in the following weeks for more updates!
In the meantime, enjoy this sneak peak of our new advocacy page:
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Save the date to join JNCL-NCLIS on Capitol Hill for
Language Advocacy Day 2020!
LAD 2020 dates have changed: be sure to check and update your calendars!
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On July 9th, JNCL-NCLIS and the National Health Law Center hosted a webinar on the major proposed changes to regulations protecting individuals from discrimination in health care. The
proposed changes directly impact limited English proficient individuals
and their ability to access language services.
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Interpreters Barry Slaughter Olsen and Katty Kauffman face a
series of challenges to test their abilities as interpreters
. Can Katty translate a text message conversation in real time? Can Barry interpret a recorded speech that continually gets faster? See if these experts in their field are truly up to the task!
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The institute offers foreign language instruction in more than two-dozen languages to approximately 3,500 military foreign language students on a schedule that extends throughout the year.
DLIFLC
employs about 2,000 international faculty members
, 98 percent of whom are native speakers of the languages they teach. More than 40 percent of the instructors hold an M.A. degree, while 16 percent hold a Ph.D. The DLIFLC faculty represents a wide variety of accomplishments and experience. There are a number of musicians, authors, artists, and educators, while some were formerly government or military officials in their native lands.
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The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will be posting a series of on-demand webinars
for those who are interested in Fiscal Year 2020 funding opportunities and learning more about IES
. These pre-recorded webinars are hosted by the National Center for Education Research and the National Center for Special Education Research and you can access them on the IES Webinar Series website.
Two on-demand webinars are now available.
- IES Basic Overview of Research Grants and Information for New Applicants to IES
- IES Grant Writing Workshop
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PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Early Bird Deadline: July 15th
University of Pittsburgh
September 5th, 2019
Creative Multilingualism, in collaboration with the Joint National Committee for Languages, welcomes you to the University of Pittsburgh for the international workshop,
Artificial Intelligence in the World of Languages.
Bringing together researchers, educators, learners, and leaders in tech and AI, this one-day workshop will explore the increasing involvement of AI in the world of languages.
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Deadline: July 15th
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 6th and 7th
The two-day symposium brings together scholars from indigenous communities, conservation practice, the arts, and academia
to address the parallel threats facing linguistic and biological diversity
and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster sessions on any aspect of the intersections of nature and language. If you are interested in taking part in the poster sessions, please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to
[email protected]
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Proposal Deadline: August 1st
UNC Charlotte City Center
March 5-7, 2020
UNC Charlotte’s Department of Languages and Culture Studies is hosting the 5th International Symposium on
Language for Specific Purposes (ISLSP) and Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Language Conference at
UNC Charlotte’s Center City.
The deadline for proposal submission is August 1, 2019. Please click here to access the CFP which includes the online submission link:
Call for Proposals
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Deadline: August 1st
The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy (
CERCLL
) at the University of Arizona is inviting
K-16 world language teachers
to apply to take part in one of its 2019-2020
Professional Online Learning Network Spaces (PLONS)
.
PLONS are online learning spaces designed to create a ripple effect, fostering linkages between language teaching, research and practice, and shared ideas and resources between educators. CERCLL is excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for its first PLONS, entitled
“Foreign Languages, Multiliteracies, and the Literary.”
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Registration Deadline: September 26th
Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport
18800 Macarthur Blvd., Irvine, CA 92612
September 27-28, 2019
The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) Educational Services Division is hosting the 3rd Annual Interpreting and Translators Conference 2019.
The 3rd Annual Interpreters and Translators Conference will focus on offering our participants the opportunity to engage more in depth with nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field and
explore techniques to enhance interpretation and translation skills
. This annual conference is a major educational event for bilingual staff, educators, and community stakeholders committed to ensure proper language use in school settings and the community we serve.
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FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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Solicitation Number: SP3300-19-Q-5032
Agency: Defense Logistics Agency
Office: DLA Acquisition Locations
Location: DLA Distribution
Response Date: July 15
Solicitation Number: M00264-19-SSA-0214
Agency: Department of the Navy
Office: United States Marine Corps
Location: MCB Quantico - National Capital Region (NCR)
Response
Date: July 30
Solicitation Number: ID06190003
Agency: General Services Administration
Office: Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)
Location: IFMPS
Award Date: Mid-Aug
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JNCL-NCLIS Significant Contributors
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JNCL-NCLIS is grateful for the support from our partners.
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Joint National Committee for Languages
National Council for Languages and International Studies
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THURSDAY, July 11, 2019
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