Originally Posted by blktoptrvl
First let me say, that I don't get the impression that you are all that old... So, I am not sure what it is that you actually know about the "old days." Not an insult, just an observation.
I am 31 and none of my great grandparents were born in this country. My grandparents have first hand experience as to what it was like and they have shared that with me many times over the years.
What kind of measuring stick are you using to guage how fast people are learning English? What metrics do you have from before as compared to now?
I never said how fast immigrants are learing english. I said that it seems like people went out of their way to conform to their new country in the past. Today we have illegal immigrants marching and protesting for rights. You don't think that is a different mentality than immigrants of the early to mid 1900's?
What are the rights of Illegal aliens? Please enumerate some of them.
How about the above example of the college student being allowed to stay, for starters?
I don't think I said a boss could not require an employee to speak english. If it is a requirement of the job - then so be it. However; if it really doesn't make any difference - if their job does not entail speaking to the public then I don't see why people are up-in-arms. Again, I guess it is another difference of opinion.
Af for a bosses rights, when does that interfere with an employee's rights? Should a boss be able to require that employees all wear their hair in pony tails? Where does this leave the people who cannot, because their hair is not straight or because they are bald?
Does the employee have any rights in the world you want to create? Or is it strictly the boss says -- so hop to it.
Bosses require many things from their employees. From what they wear, to how they act, to what they say. Why can't speaking english on the clock be one of those things? Especially, if the employees are capable of doing so?
I know of this case, and I have no problem with that girl staying in the US. She did not make the choice to come here, her parents brought her here when she was a child, what can she do about it. Now that she is an adult they want to send her back to Mexico where she may or may not have any friends/family/means of suviging/LANGUAGE SKILLS. Seems kinda cruel to me. If she herself had decided to sneak into the country when she was 19, that's one thing. But she was dragged here when she was 11. Again, I have to note a lack of compassion.
We are never going to agree on many political/social issues so I really don't know why I waste my time but, you accuse me of having a lack of compassion regarding the above mentioned illegal immigrant student, but where would you draw the line? IMO, people are either legal or illegal. Maybe her parents should have thought about that before they entered the country illegally. She is here illegally and should be deported. She has no social security number (unless she has a fake/stolen number), pays no taxes, drives without a license (and probably insurance), gives false address to the police etc. We obviously have a problem with this in our country. I guess you are fine with letting her get away with all of this. Only in our sissified country can someone in her situation be allowed to stay.
Again, THERE IS NO NATIONAL LANGUAGE in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. You may want there to be one, but there is not. If you don't like people speaking other languages in your house, again I say; ask them not to, or ask them to leave, you have that choice. But to get pissed because they are speaking some other language seems pointless.
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