Nice dodge. How many different languages should government forms be printed in? How many languages should the American people be forced to accommodate? 2? 5? All of them? If all I speak is ancient Egyptian, am I entitled to forms printed in ancient Egyptian?
They may be getting ready to bring out a who is going to lie and say they are against illegal immigration to run 2020.
Make them appreciate Baseball too How badly do they want to be Seriously, Yes to English as the Legal Language and minimal understanding required for citizenship as my mother use to instruct immigrants. Ballots and ballot material in foreign languages is Unamerican. Thus spaketh Moi
It's a doltish question because the obvious answer is 0, we're talking about bilingual education, we are not talking about forcing people to do or accommodate anything
The DMV is a government agency, saying they are the ones being forced to accommodate your language is like saying the IRS are the ones being forced to collect your tax revenue. Besides that, even if you did consider that force, that has nothing to do with bilingual education. If anything, it is the result of people knowing only one language
The above logic makes no sense. We need to try to learn second languages for defense purposes, as well as business.
That's by state law, not federal. States can accomodate what they think is proper. In parts of my state (Florida) it's silly not to have government forms in Spanish. Saves a lot of money and time if the forms are in Spanish.
But when in public they should speak English. When non citizens are harvesting ballots for the Democrats they should ask the voter for their ballot in English.
There should be no pathway to cupitizenxhip for immigrants, refugees or DACAs Permeant green cards are ok, but never citizenship
It's always a good idea to learn more languages, but immigrants to the US know very well how essential English is for their success here.
Everyone should speak whatever the hell they want, in public or private. Where it is practical to speak English (which is very often), they will speak English.
Exactly. Even today, the fact is if you can't/won't/don't speak english in the US you are in for a tough life.
Why do certain people obsess so much over how well immigrants speak English? Don't you have more pressing concerns in your life than that?
Because the cost of catering to Spanish is astronomical. And it holds back schools and education. Notice what food labels look like now compared to 20 yrs ago? That costs money. And you probably don't live in a city where you get looked at wrong if you speak English in the wrong place. I shouldn't have to press 1 for English. I shouldn't have to struggle to understand someone when ordering food at a drive in or any store. But I'm the dipshit for not being fluent in Spanish=)