Open-borders lawsuit: English-only rule creates “hostile” school environment
A Catholic school in Kansas with a substantial Hispanic population wants its students to speak English only. The school had to deal with serious discipline problems. Requiring everyone to use the same language helped alleviate disruptions.
Enter the ethnic grievance-mongers and anti-assimilationist mob. They sued the school and were in federal court this week arguing that the English-only rule violated the Hispanic students’ civil rights. Yes, they’ve gone and made a federal case out of it– and they are demanding “court and attorney costs and unspecified damages for discrimination and emotional suffering:”
A lawsuit filed by three Hispanic families against the Catholic Diocese of Wichita challenging a policy that requires students to speak only English while at school goes to trial in federal court today.
“What happened at that school constitutes race discrimination under federal anti-discrimination laws — that is why it is important. That needs to be stopped,” said Christopher McHugh, the attorney representing three 12-year-old students named as plaintiffs in the civil litigation.
The lawsuit seeks an end to the policy and asks for an order barring similar policies at other Catholic schools in the Wichita diocese.
The plaintiffs are claiming the policy violates the Civil Rights Act and another federal statute by intentionally discriminating against the sixth-grade students and causing a hostile educational environment.
The diocese contended in court filings that the English-only rule is not discriminatory and did not cause a hostile environment. It contends the rule was implemented at St. Anne Catholic School as a legitimate response to inappropriate behavior by a few middle school students.
What do you think the militant open-borders Catholic heirarchy thinks of all this?
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The judge responded, please say that again only this this time in english??
seriously though, this is america not mexico.
The Nashville council last week passed a non-binding resolution denouncing one of their members for trying to get an English Only measure on the ballot.
They are wrong.
But, this school is right to hold fast and not cave in.
Anywhere else in the world, people are expected to assimilate and learn the language native to the land.
Here, its the other way around. And if you disagree, you’re wrong.
Learn our language. Become an American.
Or vaya back to your casa, amigo.
hey! being in the US legally might be a good thing also.
One language, one culture, and the rule of law.
Now, you illegal aliens get out.
Thank you.
It is a private school. The parents and the student agree to the school’s policies when the child is enrolled. If the school says English only, its English only. These families need to assimilate. The school does not have to accommodate. Families like these should quit balkanizing the United States in the name of diversity. If The parents and the students want to speak Spanish at school, there are many schools in Latin America. I hear its a wonderfully diverse culture south of the border.
Language isn’t a race, and race doesn’t determine language.
Trust me, nothing pisses this legal naturialized citizen more than illegals who think for some reason they don’t have to go through the same crap I had to to become a citizen.
Well, there’s nothing in the constitution that madates the english language. So, I’m guessing the federal courts will leave it to the states. If the state doesn’t have any requirement, then it would fall to the localities.
In that case, the lawsuit is specious.
Logic doesn’t work with liberal, rino, and open borders whack jobs.
This is a private school, right? Can’t anyone who disagrees with the way their children are taught remove them whenever they see fit to do so? How can any organization sue when the parents voluntarily have their children following this method of instruction?
The suit should be tossed out without delay.
Bingo.
Exactly what country do these morons think they are in? How about I go turn up there and demand everyone speak Swahili? I have just as much right as they do to demand it. Gah, just makes you want to take them by the scruff of the neck and throw them over the border.
If the courts find in favor of these wackos, there is a serious constitutional problem with what James Madison feared (Federalist #45?) – a Despotic Bench.
What this is REALLY about : how much money can we get the rich gringos at the private school to settle for?
Come on, they are just god’s children learning to speak a language other than English.
Language isn’t a race, and race doesn’t determine language.
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Spainsh comes from spain. Thats in europe. So eactly who are they being racist against? Mexicans? Spainsh? who???
Funny, but when my sister-in-law’s mother immigrated here from Germany, she was turned away the first time because she HADN’T LEARNED ENGLISH.
“The suit should be tossed out without delay.”
And the morons filing suit should be made to pay ALL associated costs, including reimbursing my time for having to hear about this idiocy.
If we outlaw Spanish, then only the outlaws will speak Spanish.
These students are also welcome to attend another school, in a Spanish-speaking country.
I read a statistic the other day, and will need to go back and find it. In a nutshell, 40% of hispanics in the US live in virtual enclaves where everything is conducted in Spanish. To the best of my knowledge, this hadn’t happened before in the US, even during times of mass influx from non-speaking countries (Germany, Italy).
Either become an American or go home. We’ve become way too permissive.
Why doesn’t the Diocese file a countersuit alleging anti-white discrimination, and “hate speech” by the Hispanics? Let’s see who has the deeper pockets.
Anyone who thinks this is the U.S.A. and not Mexico should come on down here to South East Texas. When they say “english as a second language” in one of the largest sanctuary cities, they really mean it.
I think backwoods probably has it right. This is a federal discrimination claim under the CRA. Problem here for the plaintiff is that it’s a big time stretch to argue that the CRA covers, or creates, a right to speak a foreign language in school. Sounds like a loser to me. Keep in mind though that just because a school is private doesn’t mean that the school can operate in a discriminatory manner. A private school that banned students of a particular race for example would be in violation of federal law.
Here’s what they should be focused on.
Every school should adopt the same policy. The teachers should be able to understand what their students are saying, that means everybody should speak the same language. It’s common sense. My child speaks three languages, and a dialect. She knows only to speak American English at school. A second or third language should only be taught at home, and not at school because the moobat lib teachers will try to insert their radical agenda into the language being taught. They can do this by twisting cultural ideas that are part of the language being taught.
Dakine, just wait and see what kind of judge it comes to.
Stand firm St. Anne -
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907:
‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Wow. And I thought we had a challenge here in Arizona, since according to Absolut we still somehow belong a part of that pussbag sovereignty.
Good luck Kansas. Do not let the fact that the school’s being a PRIVATE organization set you back.
Get the bulldog and put it’s teeth back in.
My wife is a resident alien who knows several languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, and of course, English.
If she can learn all of those, those people should be able to learn English.
It would actually be bad for them NOT to learn English. That’s what will be taught in college. That’s what their job interview will be conducted in. If they try to start a business, that’s what their loan interview will be in, their supply contracts will be in, etc.
They’re being VERY short sighted here.
Fuller, Thank God Theodore Roosevelt is one of John McCain’s heroes.
In English, it should be noted. The irony is rich!
If you tell everyone to speak english, doesn’t that apply to EVERYONE. Discrimination is a set of distinctions that cut across an equally situated group of people. A rule that applies to everyone isn’t treating similarly situated individuals or groups, differently.
Just proves again that we’ve been invaded and politicians seem not to care very much about it. I suppose our court system is the same way. If they win, I suspect in the future there will be demands that public and private schools only teach in Spanish, not English. Slowly and surely, they take over, until one day we wake up with the U.S. split up.
And considering Spanish and English aren’t that dissimilar (two years of high school Spanish and I live in Dallas), whereas the difference between asian languages and English is like comparing apples and Volvos…yeah, one would think these people could learn our language.
But I guess it cuts too much into their siestas.
Expect to see a lot more of this. What have they got to lose?
If it goes to court and they win – great, it’s a windfall!
If the school decides it is cheaper just to settle out of court – great, it’s a windfall!
If it goes to court and they lose, no problem, they have no money anyway so it wont cost them a thing.
If the school counter-sues for costs, again no problem, as they have no money anyway, so it wont cost them a thing.
And if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
And you can bet they will.
This is nothing but an extortion attempt.
IF the judge has any sense, they’ll be thrown in jail for it, but that’s not going to happen, because the judge wont want to be called racist.
I absolutely agree.
EVERY school should conduct classes in our country’s native language with any additional language being secondary and optional.
I also submit that ANY communication to the public (i.e. road signs, advertisements in banks, etc.) should always be in the native language with any secondary language being less predominate.
Here in the Dallas Texas area I almost feel as though I reside in Mexico which makes me want to explode sometimes when attempting to conduct business or purchase food through a drive-thru (u want uper ize?).
If you have a problem with your order, or would like to compliment the service it falls on deaf ears with blank faces..IN MY OWN COUNTRY!
PLEASE help us take our country back from the invaders and remove the co-conspirators from office (Demon-crats obviously).
And shoving illegal aliens down our throat makes for an even more hostile environment.
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Really? Is that why he hired Juan Hernandez? Is that why he spoke to La Raza? I’m not so sure TR would approve.
Sorry for the OT. Carry on.
RECONQUISTA: Or, reconquest, is the movement encouraged by Mexico, La Raza, and most American Public School hispanic clubs like MEChA which demand that the entire North American continent be reclaimed by Mexicans
Let’s get to the heart of the matter. English is our first language. I favor the teaching of other languages in school, but only after a student masters English. (Indeed, a requirement to join the army Special Forces is fluency in a foreign language.)
Hey fourstring, Its true. true!
Do the reconquistas actually expect more benefits and funds from Mexico City then they now get from Washington DC? They better be careful what they wish for. Reconquista Southwest would be poor and third world like just old Mexico. How do they think they would be better off? Then the poor souls would have to settle up in Canada and I am not sure if the Canadian gov’t would oblige.
My parents came to the US in 1956 not being able to speak any English. There was no “Press 2 for [fill in language here]“. They managed to learn it and speak it fluently. They did teach me some of their native language of Hungarian so that I’ll remember my heritage. “I’m proud of my heritage, but I’m an American first.” That’s not just me saying it, but my parents as well.
This nonsence about letting people speak whatever language they came to the country with is just stupid. It doesn’t help them at all. It only hurts them and their potential for success. These libs are just creating a class of people that are dependant on them and their programs.
Immigrants should learn English before they are even allowed into our public schools. The language barrier only holds English speaking students back because of the excessive time taken with communication problems! Another form of reverse discrimination.
Interesting thought. I am currently in my senior year of a university degree. The public college I attend requires achievement of level 3 in any second language for ALL degrees in order to graduate. I do not speak a second language. I am currently struggling through the second semester of a foreign language which is destroying my GPA (and as a result unfairly influencing my job prospects), all because I was bought up in an English-speaking country. Half the class is already reasonably fluent and are taking the class for an easy A, which makes it even worse for the few of us there legitimately.
If the above case gets anywhere, then it would seem that I have a case doesn’t it. My major has absolutely nothing to do with foreign languages – it’s a science degree.
Why is it NOT discrimination forcing me to learn a foreign language in an English-speaking country, yet not when the shoe is on the other foot?
Oh, discrimination must be like racism – it is not possible to discriminate against English speaking white people, right?
Reconquer America. Right. So the drug cartels can run this country too. Yippee.
And the whole notion of “reconquering”…who did the Mexicans conquer to get their part of America in the first place? If I recall, the Spanish conquered Mexico, stayed and had offspring which became the Mexicans. Where does the “re” part come in?
But Obama says they shouldn’t learn English, we should learn Spanish!
Your exactly correct.
How can they sue a private school? Hellllp
Speaking Spanish leads to many opportunities in America, just look at all these people who have become famous doing so:
Los Angeles Most Wanted
San Diego Most Wanted
San Francisco Most Wanted
Salinas Most Wanted
Mendecino County Most Wanted
California Most Wanted
Here’s a blood boiler for you: Here in Palm Beach County, a public elementary school two miles from my home is implementing a new policy this fall: Mandatory Spanish classes for all students. My tax dollars at work.
We in the east draw the line at the Mississippi.
In the early ’90’s, I helped many Russian families when they arrived to the U.S.
Oh, and they got all A’s & B’s because of it, BTW), they became US citizens the very MINUTE they could, and most are business owners or working to help others from the former USSR come and assimilate, too.
Not only did they work hard to learn the language in a short amount of time, they worked hard to overcome the anti-Russian bigotry left over from the cold-war era. My new friends not only persevered and assimilated (their children all had to speak English at school.
Now THAT’s the American Dream at work, right there.
First, ha ha ha ha ha…. The catholic church earned everything they will get out of this. Second, this is not the last we will see of this. The “demands” of the invaders will never end. It never does. Appeasing them and allowing them to use our court system against us only encourages more and more lawsuits. Even if we handed over the southwest US to them, they would demand we maintain it for them. Then demand we give them money to live on. Then demand….. It never ends.
Yes Mexico should give the land back to Spain if they want to follow that route. I don’t think they would want to do that anymore the the US be a colony of Great Britian. I do believe Spain is better off then Mexico even though Mexico is lot richer in resources.
#48 NavyMom “..Mandatory Spanish classes for all students..”
They have no right to do that, and cannot legally enforce it when this is an English-speaking country. Sue them.
Seriously, the only people that could maybe have a case is Native American Indians, since they are the people indigenous to this country, not friggin Mexicans.
[quote]#5 – If The parents and the students want to speak Spanish at school, there are many schools in Latin America. I hear its a wonderfully diverse culture south of the border.[/quote]
couldn’t agree more…this is the United States of America not the United States of Mexico or any other 3rd world nation. We speak English, our constitution is written in English, our Pledge of Allegiance was written in English, our National Anthem was written in English…be proud of your heritage but assimilate…be an American first and foremost otherwise don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!!…
This is why we need to make english the national language now! and are’nt Cathiloc schools private, so if you don’t like it put your punks in public sxhool.
I can’t wait till Jan 1, 2009 here in Missouri our Anti- Illegal Alien law goes into affect I sure hope they all move the he!! out of here like they did in Oklahoma and Arizona, because they can’t find jobs or housing.
A primary responsibility of schools is to prepare children to become productive citizens of society. A requirement to become a citizen of the USA is that they read and write English. If people are here yet do not wish to become citizens then please leave and allow one of the multitude that wish to become citizens to enter in their place.
Past tense…is the disciplinary problem solved?
If not, discharge the disciplinary problems…end of problem.
Sent my daughter to a highly touted private religious school in the 80’s, they didn’t tolerate disciplinary problems. 3 bad marks and the student was gone, didn’t matter who the parents were or what language was spoken at home.
Hostile is good. The majority of these latter day immigrants are hostile to English, rule of law and other peoples’ property.
Having our kids learn Spanish and other foreign languages is good–but for our edification NOT La Raza’s. I speak some spanish myself:
That your cheby automobile or did you steal it? Ahora vaya a casa.
I Made it, I am in….
It Seems that only the illegals have the rights. We just need to shut up and pay our taxes
Amen. Get this: my mother is a legal us resident. She almost couldn’t get us down here when my parents decided to move from Canada, even though she is a US citizen.
Then the paperwork for her children to be naturalized. I feel for you. Yours had to be 10 times worse.
I tell her now that she should have just waltzed in with us and avoided saying anything!
It’s clear that a nation’s cohesiveness can be destroyed by people speaking different languages, dialects and brogues. But beyond that problem is the one of people speaking something that others can’t understand.
My sister’s first husband was Dominican and he’d talk about people right in front of them. Even though they didn’t know Spanish, they were very aware that they were being insulted. Years ago I saw Gwenyth Paltrow being interviewed on a Spanish cable show. She said that she and Ben Affleck would talk about people in Spanish in front of them and then she laughed, thinking it was hilarious. I lost all respect for that woman, who was attempting to cultivate an image of grace.
She was an adult: just think what school kids can get up to.
No, no, no, Famous! The Mexicans are really Aztecs. They just want their Aztlan back. Get with it!
sarc off/
LOL Rob #49, I noted on the Los Angeles most wanted list they have Runen Villa on there. Wonder if he’s related to the Mayor?
So if my kids go there will they get college credit for Spanish 101, 102 and 103 plus AP?
Just asking? Might save some $$$ on college. You never know!!!
Borders, Language, Culture
As Savage says!
NavyMom, correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t most of them speak spanish already? So this program is to fix it so the 2 or 3% non immigrant Americans can understand the rest of the students?
Hey John Ansell….
“you report…we deport”!!
Now thats funny stuff right there!
I think the ironic thing here is that the Catholic Church is getting burned given their position on illegal immigration. Granted the Catholic Church is huge so the congregation in LA probably has nothing to do with that in Wichita.
I also find it ironic that the hispanic kids are probably getting a free ride to this Catholic school. I doubt they are paying full tuition. Yet look at how they repay this kindness.
Finally in reference to John McCain being the Teddy Roosevelt candidate, please consult this site for an interesting comparison.
http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2008/07/mccain-roosevelt-conservative.html
we have a plant in Wichita, it will be a cold day in hell when they put spanish on our signs in the plant.
1- On a plant radio only english, but when something goes boom they revert back to spanish, I really don’t know where or what they are talking about. If it take 10 minutes to find ya and then 20 more to find out there is 4 more inside a vessel well,start praying in spanish.
2- One of these days someone in our country will understand how serious this is. But hey anything for a vote.
And If ANYONE thinks they are going to MAKE me learn spanish or make my kids learn spanish then we will be fighting in the hog pen
The Illegal Aliens Chant
Si se puede (Yes We Can)
Yes we can:
Ignore your laws.
Enter your country any time we feel like it.
Collect benefits to which we are not entitled.
Tell you what your immigration policies should be.
File thousands of lawsuits to prevent you from enforcing your laws.
Vote in your elections fradulently.
Take your country.
Won’t this get sticky for the church vs. state people? I mean, there’s no way this could be considered okay if you assume there is a necessary separation of church and state. What if the Catholic Church went to English-only masses?
Since these Catholic schools are private, and therefore students must pay tuition to attend, could’t (and shouldn’t) this case be dismissed on frivolity grounds?
I’m highly offended by all of this.
We the People of the United States of America have the right to have our borders and our laws respected and enforced.
Citizens of other countries illegally in our country have no right to demand anything from our government. They most certainly have the right to petition the governments of their home countries for change if they are unhappy with their home country. If they want to be Americans, we have a path to citizenship, more generous than any other nation, and it starts in their home country.
We need to insist on the equal protection, application and enforcement of the law or devolve into anarchy. Our Republic only functions if everyone follows the same rules. We should not change the laws to accomodate those breaking them.
If America annouces to the world “We can’t stop you, so come on in” with another amnesty, the deluge will be overwhelming. If 3,000 a day didn’t get your attention, then wait until it’s 10,000 a day. We cannot sustain this influx and survive as a nation. We must speak up and speak to each other about this and not let false claims of racism or bigotry be used to intimidate us into silent assent. America is not Congress’ to give away. America belongs to We the People. Speak to your neighbors, speak to your coworkers, but please speak up to your Congressmen and Senators. It’s O.K. for us to enforce our laws, no really, it is.
Someone please tell Sen. McCain.
NavyMom, it must be a California thing…. in the northern area we have this PUBLIC school:
http://home.comcast.net/~portola_school/about.html
where
I don’t mind paying tax dollars to help legitemate kids learn english, it’s in everyone’s best interest, but it should be done using mostly immersion and a little side tutoring, not full time bi-lingual activities imo.
One could argue they might have some kind of “right” to be Spanish-only in their homes. But elsewhere? Nope.
Surveyor said:
I post that on every story involving illegals. Some of the invaders get very testy with that line 
I think it’s the same problem as with the (former) mainline Protestant denominations. Some leaders of local churches and/or dioceses are nuts. But these individual goofballs tend to band together to claim a “victim status”.
We Partiotic conservatives are going to have to learn how to be “enraged” and how to sue better……and sue more often!!!!!!
Now this is just insane.
As a practicing Roman Catholic, I am sick of how the US hierarchy has perverted Church teaching and doctrine to suit their own personal agendas. However, I am with the school on this one- This is not a matter of racism or hostile environment or anything else. The Church has an official language, Latin, which is used daily, and all over the world, in official documents, which are then transferred into the vernacular languages. But LATIN is still used first. The school is honoring similar principles- discipline and safety of its pupils.-
To promote the Spanish program at our elementary school, the Veteran’s Day program began with the Pledge of Allegiance being recited in Spanish. Can I sue for the school discriminating against a person knowing only English?
In liberal Austin, TX, the principal seemed shocked I felt it was even an issue.
I think the school should give in. In fact, they should be so accommodating, they should also expend $$$ hiring bilingual educators, translators to put all notices in Spanish, etc. Wonder how many of the parents of these Hispanic students are paying full cost for the tuition of all their children. Hope they all are because under my new plan, there will be no money left for scholarships.
But hey, we should give them exactly what they’re asking for.
Good catch, nlebou. You should have included the article’s title in your link:
Illegal immigrants found making military parachutes
If they don’t like the rules of this private school, they can go to public school.
Wonder how welcome they’ll feel at the PTA meetings where the parents work hard to pay for extras with volunteer work, donations, etc. Now the PTA parents and diocese have to pay legal fees that could be going back into the school buildings, salaries, scholarships, etc.
Wonder if these yahoos are getting reduced tuition or are on scholarship.
I have an idea, since Mexico is so superior, the USA should follow its examples with its schools. How many Mexican schools are bilingual? How does Mexico handle its illegal immigrants? We should follow the example that Mexico has since its such a superior society.
Many good points have been made here. First, this would be a private school. Either they conform to the school rules, or they can withdraw to public schools.
What special privledges do they demand for non-conformity? Second, language is not race. The Diocese stipulated the reasoning behind the requirement, but noooooo, not good enough.
I have a daughter who spent the first few school years in a “dual” language elementary school in San Diego and experiences garnered in that situation left me with a strong desire for one language and assimilation.
Special demands are made by this non-accomodating minority for their accomodation. Just a tad ironic, aint it?
English only? Whatever happened to Latin in Catholic Schools – make them learn that too.
Start with “E Pluribus Unum”.
I just saw a South Park episode where one city got rid of annoying homeless people by making another city sound more attractive and they moved there, and then THAT city got smart and made another city sound better and the losers moved there. Maybe we can do that with the low IQ Mexicans filling up our nation.
Where could we send them? France would be fun, but expensive. Maybe Canada could be made to seem more attractive… and they have French there too!
Just do not give them change.
Are they here legally? How is the tuition paid by these “poor,” uni-ligual hispanics, or are the children somehow scholarshipped?
But CHANGE is what liberal losers want!
This is why countries adopt language laws. Also, as someone pointed out, the school is a private one and can enforce an English-language rule if it sees fit.
When I taught English abroad, we (myself and other teachers) had to make our students speak English only or they would never learn it or would talk amongst themselves.
If crybabies don’t want their children to expand their minds, fine. They are free to leave.
This has to stop. We can’t tolereate these arrogant, in-your-face demands from anti-American, open-border fanatic, multiculturalists any longer. This type of behavior does little to promote citizenry unification regarding the acceptance of hispanics. This raises my ire and many others as well.
Where’s the wall?
Essentially, were the kids forced by the government or the church to attend that school?
Certainly not, if the parents don’t like that private Catholic school, they can attend someplace else.
True, though all will be forgiven and the every ten years mortgage churches take on and send the money to the Vatican shall also come to pass.
Mexico is the womb and the cash box for Catholicism in this country, language won’t stop that.
Why do I have a very bad feeling taxpayers are footing the tuition bill for this children of questionable citizenship. Gee I wonder which group (ACLU, La Raza, etc.) talked the families into suing in Federal court to continue to contribute to the Balkanization of this country.
In our little military town in the middle of nowhere Idaho most of the local businesses (except for one particular grocery store that caters to them) refuse to do business with anyone that can’t speak English. I have witnessed more than one clerk lose their patient with our unwelcome guests and throw them out with the backing of the business owner. Many Americans are fuming about this continued pushing by the illegal lobby and push back is coming and it will not be pretty.
We should probably sue Michelle Malkin for not providing a free, Spanish-to-English translation of her blog. Michelle – watch out! I’m gunning for you!
Generations of people that came here legally didn’t demand to speak Italian, German, French…they came to America because they want to be AMERICAN! They couldn’t wait to start a life here, learn the language, and become part of the culture. It is so scary to think of the future with people of this mentality raising families and not teaching their kids to love this country and become part of it. English language is the language of success in America and in the world- that is a reality.
The Balkanization of America. Press “2″ for English.
At the turn of last century during the golden age of immigration, those arriving on our shores worked hard to earn a living, learn English, assimilate, and move up in our society.
Today’s immigrant does not want to work, they want to be taught in their native languages, and receive government hand outs on the backs of hard working tax payers.
We as a nation have gone from E Pluribus Unum (from many one) to E unum pluribus(from one many)and thus have become a house divided against itself and as Lincoln warned will lead to our down fall.