Category Archives: Immigration

Americans.What action can we take to reunite our country with the English language?

By pcgumban | June 23, 2009

The cat did it. asked: I am not looking for racial answers here. My best friend is from Mexico and even agrees with me on this. My kids are required to learn Spanish at a young age..why don’t we take that funding and force the Spanish kids to learn English? [...]

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Should illegal Immigrant children born in the US be automatic American Citizens?

By pcgumban | April 27, 2009

JuanCarlosNoMore asked: If not, how do we treat these chidren? Do we give them another oportunity when they are 21 or 18 to become citizens? If they are citizens due to birth in the US …are the parents automatically US citizens too? How do these kids learn English and American culture, if they are not [...]

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You can’t ride the bus because you speak English too well?

By pcgumban | April 9, 2009

Pro-America, Anti-Illegal asked: Now I like legal immigrants, but what the hell? Kids who are learning English get to have a separate bus route from kids who already speak English? Wouldn’t it be a better for them to ride together so they can help the kids learn English?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/01/11/kicked.off.bus.ap/index.htmlCory

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Why do Illegals from Latin Countries get so offended when US Citizens want them to learn English?

By pcgumban | March 11, 2009

Harry Merkin asked: Also when US Citizens complain that their Illegal kids are in US Schools systems dumbing down all the English speaking kids with Spanish. The Spanish speaking parents should strive more in getting their kids to speak English at home and outside the home. My kids grade school wastes hours each week [...]

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Is speaking a foreign language in public “un-American”?

By pcgumban | February 16, 2009

delina_m asked: Case-scenario: mom-dad w/kids. Father speaks to kids in foreign language exclusively anytime any where. Mom speaks to them in english exclusively. Kids will have no lack of oportunity to learn english as they spend 8-10 hrs/day in all-english daycare. Eeverthing (TV, Radio, etc.) and everybody else speaks to them in english. The only [...]

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