Yeah, its like the Statue of Liberty says: "Give us your tired, your poor, your english speaking huddled masses".....
Do I think immigrants should learn english? Hell yes, for their own good if they want to succeed here. But in no way do I think we should somehow try to tie that in as a mandate for acceptance into our country. Question: Do we currently have federally funded centers where recent immigrants can go to help learn the language for free? I think that would be a worthy program for all immigrants, and would remove any real excuse for a recent immigrant to NOT learn english. On 5/4/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > how? > > > > I think that's already been addressed, but one way is that it now > means that every single government document could be requested in > NewLanguage which would, by itself, would cost billions. > > As for making anyone who comes to the US learn english, yeah, they > should, because: > > 1.) It's the official language of the United States, > 2.) It's the unofficial language of global business, and > 3.) It shows a willingness to integrate. > > As examples I have friend who's parents emigrated in the 60s from > Poland. They all speak fluent polish, but they also speak english. I > also have dutch friends who emigrated in the late 90s; they speak > fluent Dutch, German, French, as well as english. (but that's first > the Dutch school system and second, them). > > The point is, if you want to live in the US, then learn english. If > you don't/won't then the US shouldn't accept them as citizens. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233892 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
