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A man accused of sexually assaulting a child and an armed burglar are using claims of not speaking English to delay their trials in a Texas court.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is now offering a Spanish-language information service, in what the agency says is a “first step” toward providing Spanish-speakers a more effective means of communicating with agents responsible for protecting the nation’s borders.

At least 350 different languages are spoken in homes across the country and tens of millions of people in the U.S. do not speak English well, according to new Census Bureau data.

On Tuesday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush released a new ad designed to appeal to Hispanic voters presumably outraged by the immigration positions of 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, and women outraged by Trump’s controversial comments about women ranging from Megyn Kelly to Carly Fiorina.

In the general scramble to grab a bit of Pope Francis’ luster in time for his upcoming trip to the United States, Politico has joined a host of other journals, pundits and politicians to stake a claim to the popular pontiff while attempting to distance him from their political adversaries.

Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) said his rival Donald Trump doesn’t believe in America’s shared values of diversity and tolerance. While discussing their public back and forth over Bush answering questions in

After releasing a new ad attacking Donald Trump’s past liberal views, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush continues to criticize Donald Trump — now in Spanish.

Phyllis Schlafly, architect of the modern conservative movement and tireless opponent of mass immigration, says GOP hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio should be disqualified from the race for dishonestly saying one thing about amnesty in English and another in Spanish.

Puerto Rico officially defaulted on part of its $73 billion in debt on Monday afternoon, when the U.S. territory only paid $628,000 toward a $58 million debt due by 5 p.m.

“Compared to the English-proficient population, the LEP population was less educated and more likely to live in poverty,” the Migration Policy Institute reports. “Employed LEP men in 2013 were more likely to work in construction, natural resources, and maintenance occupations than English-proficient men, while LEP women were much more likely to be employed in service and personal-care occupations than English-proficient women.”

According to the Instituto Cervantes, an organization created by the Spanish government in 1991 to promote the Spanish language, more people speak Spanish in the United States than any other country in the world except for Mexico.

One of the emails O’Keefe highlighted showed Bush once used the word “presidente” instead of “president.” Bush’s choice of wording may be ironic in light of his stance on immigration – with many Republicans arguing that he isn’t tough enough on that issue.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz is going right after a voting bloc that many believe his Republican colleague in the Senate and presidential opponent, Marco Rubio, has the advantage with.

In a Spanish language interview with Jorge Ramos on Univision’s Al Punto show, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) discussed immigration policy, affirming his longstanding objection to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs. Part of the Ramos interview with Rubio aired on Wednesday and the full interview is scheduled to air on Sunday.

a Spanish ad features Ted Cruz’s family’s immigrant ties to Cuba and his work for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, as well as footage of Cruz and his own wife and daughters.