Mayan translator who helps police, courts faces deportation from U.S.

Olga Perez of Lake Worth, one of Florida's few Mayan translators, faces deportation, leaving her four U.S.-citizen children ...

ICE detains Olga Perez, translator of a rare Guatemalan-Maya language

Olga Perez awaits a March 4, 2026, hearing in Arizona about whether she will be deported to Guatemala or return to her four U.S.-citizen children.
WLRN

'Mayan Girls' Step Forward As Next Generation Of Translators Of An Ancient Language

Two of the Mayan Girls, Magda Francisco (in pink) and Ramona Francisco (in denim), gather around a laptop and phone to record a Facebook Live video about measles with Guatemalan-Maya Center outreach ...
Democracy Now

“A Translation Crisis at the Border”: U.S. Immigration Courts Are Failing Mayan-Language Speakers

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. As record numbers of migrants seek refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem preventing many of them from getting due ...