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November 12, 2019 | JNCL Newsroom
The core of the Caucus’ mission comes from the five language policy recommendations outlined in the 2017 Congressionally-Commissioned Report on Language Learning:  America’s Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century.  T his inclusive and representative report makes clear that the United States needs significantly more bilingual and biliterate citizens to help ensure national security, promote economic and job growth, and develop the potential of every American student.

November 11, 2019 | JNCL Newsroom
Among those who have fought for this country, there are thousands of polyglots who have used their multilingual abilities in service to the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines— both on base and on the battlefield. These translators, known in military parlance as linguists, have been indispensable members of the US Armed Forces for decades. There is currently a crucial piece of House legislation in subcommittee that could benefit their career trajectories. 
 
HR 3185, the Defense Language Improvement Act (DLIA), aims to authorize the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) to award a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree to the military linguists it trains . The main DLIFLC is located in Monterey, CA and is the DoD’s premier center for world language education. Since its inception in 1941, it has trained over 230,000 students, mostly military linguists and some members of the intelligence community. 

November 8, 2019 | JNCL Newsroom
A group consisting of 20 Senate Democrats, including five Presidential contenders, have called on the government to keep a “vital language preference question" on the Universal Residential Loan Application (URLA) form.
 
Led by Senators Catherine Cortez-Mastro (D-Nev) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the group said in a letter to government officials that the decision to remove the question “could reduce access to mortgage financing for limited-English proficient mortgage-ready homebuyers and lead to serious financial repercussions”. Joining Cortez Masto and Menendez in sending the letter are presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Cory Booker, D-N.J.

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