There are no illegal immigrants in America

[Radar]

Originally Posted by binky

Trust me Buster, as a lifelong Californian, not all of us feels the way Radar does about the immigration problem here-not even close. Most of the people I know would like to leave California over this mess, and I will be doing just that when we retire

The immigration problem? I don't see a problem at all. Immigrants built America. The undocumented immigrants who came here last night are no different than the Irish, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek, French, etc. immigrants who came before them.

America's greatest strength is our diversity. Those who fear competition for work don't deserve to have any.

[binky]

Originally Posted by Radar

The immigration problem? I don't see a problem at all. Immigrants built America. The undocumented immigrants who came here last night are no different than the Irish, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek, French, etc. immigrants who came before them.

America's greatest strength is our diversity. Those who fear competition for work don't deserve to have any.

sure they are Radar do you see billboards in the Irish, Dutch, German etc neighborhoods in their native languages? Do they make the schools teach their kids in their native language because they are too fucking lazy to learn English? No those immigrants were required to learn English to become citizens

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by binky

sure they are Radar do you see billboards in the Irish, Dutch, German etc neighborhoods in their native languages?

Out of all the problems ever addressed in the immigration issue including healthcare, taxes, fraud, population, wages, terrorism, jobs, crime, etc, your biggest problem is...billboards in other languages?

Not really a city person, are ya?

[Radar]

Originally Posted by binky

sure they are Radar do you see billboards in the Irish, Dutch, German etc neighborhoods in their native languages? Do they make the schools teach their kids in their native language because they are too fucking lazy to learn English? No those immigrants were required to learn English to become citizens

Everyone is required to learn English to become a citizen. What's your point? They aren't interested in becoming citizens. They are fine just being immigrants and their children can be citizens. Many of them plan to go back to Mexico when they retire.

Also, it took 2-3 generations for many Germans to start speaking English. The same is true of Italians, Polish, Russians and many others. Those who immigrated here tried to build a better life for their children. Their children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren learned English and became citizens.

What's wrong with having billboards in other languages? Clearly there is a market for people who speak that language. Who are you to tell someone else what language they must put on a billboard?

I'm sure you are aware that English is not the language of America because America has no official language. We've done pretty good without one so far.