• A Cambodian refugee is charged after cashing the come-on “check” she   received in  the mail, but could she even read what it said?
  • A Puerto Rican is accused in a drug case based on recorded remarks he made in slang Spanish, but what did those words really mean?
  • A Somali immigrant under suspicion of committing fraud is questioned for over an hour,  although his English is faulty and insufficient.  Was that proper?
  • A Brazilian is processed for OUI using sign language and pidgin English.  Did he understand sufficiently what was said to him?
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