With 220 languages spoken in California, courts face an interpreter shortage

[ShootSpeeders]

Another huge failure of diversity. Litigants should be required to pay for their own interpreters just like they pay for their own expert witnesses.

With 220 languages spoken in California, courts face an interpreter shortage

sep 5 2017 Federal law enforcement began investigating California’s courts seven years ago after receiving complaints that two Korean-speaking women in Los Angeles had been denied court interpreters.

Courts in other states also were examined and faulted. Along with California, they began working to comply with U.S civil rights law, which bars discrimination based on national origin. Failure to act meant the possible loss of federal money.

But nowhere has the task been so challenging as in California, the most linguistically diverse state in the nation.

At least 220 languages are spoken in California, and 44% of residents speak a language other than English at home. Seven million Californians say they cannot speak English well.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Interesting to read the comments section of this liberal LA Times article. Everyone opposes this policy. The attitude is - speak english or hell with you.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Democrats who do not accept that America is an english speaking country are bigots

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Language diversity is also destroying our public schools. Outside of foreign language classes, everything in school should be in english.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Diversity is how the left divides America.

 

[HenryBHough]

Fortunately the madness is confined to California.

Where else could one find a "Valley/English" translator?

 

[bodecea]

The OP doesn't want non-English speakers to be represented fairly in our court system.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The OP doesn't want non-English speakers to be represented fairly in our court system.

Another stupid strawman by the left.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Typical of what you see in KKKalifornia now. Everyone works hard to keep them from being an American.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

The OP doesn't want non-English speakers to be represented fairly in our court system.

When did i say that??

Everyone in america should learn to speak english and if they refuse to do so, then they should pay for their own interpreter.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Typical of what you see in KKKalifornia now. Everyone works hard to keep them from being an American.

30 years ago CA was the best state in america. Then the politicians took their corporate bribes and opened the borders.