APNewsBreak: Border Patrol to stop interpreting

Published December 14, 2012 12:24am ET



SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents will no longer serve as interpreters when local law enforcement agencies request language help, according to a new decree issued by the Department of Homeland Security.

The new guidance said agents should refer such requests to private services often used by government agencies.

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