The window is closing for Woori Juntos in its pursuit of legislation to improve language access to state health programs.
. This week, they were waiting to hear back from a few more who signaled they might also be adding their names.
Through headsets for interpretation and slides on the state budget and how a bill becomes a law translated into Korean, the staff brought the legislative process into the first-floor event space of the Korean Community Center that houses Woori Juntos’ offices. One participant spoke of getting by with little English while running a laundromat, but hitting a wall when it came time for parent-teacher conferences without interpretation help. Another spoke about the challenges of requesting emergency services with limited English. Practicing for a meeting with her representative, Terry Yun brought forthand how it’s fallen to her to fill the language gap left by government.
The proposal might have seemed far removed from their lives in Houston, Wu said, but the Woori Juntos contingent that came to testify wanted to advocate for the rights of immigrants and echo other opponents of the measure who worry about increased policing in border communities. “To our knowledge, this was the first time ever that Korean was spoken in the Capitol in a public hearing,” he said.
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