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Government halts in-person interpreters for asylum interviews due to COVID-19 fears to mixed reviews from immigration advocates

Government halts in-person interpreters for asylum interviews due to COVID-19 fears to mixed reviews from immigration advocates

by Karli Goldenberg | Sep 23, 2020 | Demographics, Immigration, Topics

WASHINGTON — Asylum seekers who could normally depend upon an in-person interpreter now will have to use contracted interpreters to help them over the phone to help protect against COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday. USCIS implemented a...
Little data available on COVID-19’s spread among immigrants, expert says

Little data available on COVID-19’s spread among immigrants, expert says

by Karli Goldenberg | Sep 22, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

WASHINGTON – The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on immigrants, especially those without documents, are hard to determine because most reporting doesn’t include immigration status, several experts said on Tuesday. Leighton Ku, director of the Center for Health...
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