I highly doubt the "illegal" immigrants are going to make this an issue.
Another factor is that they are more concerned about settling into their new country than making waves. Many come from places were governments frown on complaints against them and are not known to be places where private citizens can be activists for causes so they may be a little gun shy. Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer New York State Department of Transportation -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 5:55 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54758] Re: Metric Financial Services; Immigrants Immigrants may have a strong desire to "fit in" to American life, and part of doing that is accepting the colloquial American way of measuring things. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 15:20 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54757] Re: Metric Financial Services; Immigrants Great question and a longtime question of mine, Martin. I wonder if immigrants to the U.S. have been discouraged by the status quo from asking for metrication. It may be a commentary on the lack of popularity of the subject in some circles, yet there is an advocacy among some in favor of it, usually the occasional journalist, and now Gov. Chaffee. > On Jun 27, 2015, at 13:57, "c...@traditio.com" <c...@traditio.com> wrote: > > I was pleased to hear this morning a syndicated financial program on > many U.S. radio stations used square meters and kilograms to describe a new farming technique in Kansas. No Customary units, no apologies. (www.edelmanfinancial.com). > > One factor in metrication that I haven't heard discussed is the > increasing number of foreigners that are coming into the United States, legally and illegally, particularly from Latin countries that use metric (Mexico, etc.) I wonder why there hasn't been more of a push from these groups for more metric. I notice that Mark Henschel's program on National Public Radio included two call-ins from European immigants, who advocated the metric system. > > Martin Morrison, > Columnist, USMA Today > >
