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Morgan Carmody
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Presidential Candidates Demand Language Question Remain On Housing Loan Application
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group consisting of 20 Senate Democrats, including five Presidential contenders, have called on the government to keep a “vital language preference question" on the Universal Residential Loan Application (URLA) form. Led by Senators Catherine Cortez-Mastro (D-Nev) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the group said in a letter to government officials that the decision to remove the question “could reduce access to mortgage financing for limited-English proficient mor
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Ezra Wyschogrod
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
Translating Financial Aid, Legislation to Remove Language Access Barriers to Higher Education
Proposed Bill to Translate FAFSA into Ten Additional Languages Each year, millions of college hopefuls fill out one of the most important pieces of paperwork of their young lives- the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. For the millions of Limited English Proficient families, however, the real struggle lies in deciphering the complex requirements. Many simply give up. On September 27th, Representative Grace Meng (D, NY-6) introduced the FAFSA Translation Act,
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Alissa Rutkowski
- Jul 24, 2019
- 1 min
Language Access Protections Are At Risk. Submit Your Comments!
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS – TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH @ 5:00 PM The administration is proposing to end major parts of the Health Care Rights Law, which protects people against discrimination in health care settings. People who do not speak English well, or at all, could now face barriers to seeing a doctor, receiving treatment, and even getting medicine. Under a newly proposed rule by the Trump Administration, patients with limited English proficiency will not receive important
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