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Border Patrol Stops Offering Language Interpreters to Local Law Enforcement Agencies

allan12 years ago01 mins

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When law enforcement agencies need help translating a language, they often call the U.S. Border Patrol for help. But under a new decree issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol agents won’t be used as interpreters for local authorities, the Huffington Post reports. The idea, Border Patrol officials said,…

Chicago FBI Looking for Folks With Foreign Language Skills

allan14 years ago12 years ago02 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As part of its ongoing battle against a host of crimes including cyber crime, terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, corruption, kidnapping and civil rights violations,the FBI in Chicago is looking to recruit contract linguists with foreign language skills. The bureau is hosting a foreign language career fair on March 12 at the offices…