My wife is Hispanic and often engages in conversation with other Hispanics. She was having a garage sale this week, and she was talking with some illegals from Mexico that showed up. They are complaining that illegals El Salvador and other central America countries keep coming and coming and coming. One said she has been working in USA for 15 years and used to be able to work 7 days a week at Wendy's, but due to the new arrivals, she can only work a few hours two or three days a week.
Today, some new arrivals from El Salvador arrived at my wife's garage sale. They arrived to USA with nothing but the shirts off their backs and were hoping for some free clothing or whatever.
In any case, this doesn't seem like it is going to end well for anyone in this country in the end.
My grandmother came here from Italy when she was 18 on a boat with Wild Bill Hickock and his Wild West Show. She went thru Ellis Island, got her citizenship legally. She couldn’t speak English fluently, but she was legal and loved America.
This BS about learning to speak the language fluently or leave makes many of us realize that some people on here are simply racist, and not patriots.
I am a patriot, and I support everyone that comes here legally, even if they can’t learn to speak the language fluently.
Racist against which race? Which race is only capable of speaking English? I can't name one. Everyone can learn a language if they care enough to do so.
Not everyone is capable or learning a second language, especially fluently. I know many people who can’t do it. I grew up in a military family. I spent 22 years in the military. I know LOTS of people who can’t learn a second language, no matter how hard they try.
My dad met my mom during WWII in the South Pacific. When the war ended, he went back to the island, married her, and brought her back to the states. She was told, "You are in America now, so, speak English". She taught herself English. Mind you, there wasn't TVs at this time. Our next door neighbor was from Mexico. She refused to learn to speak English. She would talk to my mom in Spanish, and my mom would talk to her in English! My mom tried to get her to practice speaking English. She refused. My mom officially because a US citizen in 1960 because of what was happening in the world. She was afraid if war broke out, she would be deported. Everyone who wants to visit, work, play, live in this great country to try to speak the language; ENGLISH. Doesn't have to be perfect, but try is the key. It really irks me everything is in English and Spanish. Shouldn't be that way up by the border of Washington State and Canada, but my friend that lives 8 miles from the border says there is so much in Spanish, not so much French.