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Despite slump, interpreters flourish in US Babel
Posted online: Dec 24, 2008 at 2330 hrs
Tucson, Arizona

When a group of Chinese illegal immigrants were picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona late last month, the challenge for the arresting officers was how to talk to them.

“As an agent I don’t speak Chinese, so it’s very hard. Usually, the only word they understand is ‘passport,’â€