[Grovenet] Habla English?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Katie, I didn't refer to the status of the immigrants, legal or illegal.
Those comments were from others. 

I asked several questions about WHY the announcement about the town meeting
was sent out in Spanish, that's all. 

My comment you quoted below was with LEGAL immigrants specifically in mind.
I believe we need a "national language". It is, by default, English, but
that is under attack with greater and greater demands for equal time for
other languages, most notably Spanish. 

As I said, my position is that we should help immigrants become assimilated
into the American culture, and that includes speaking English. I'll stop
short of making competency in English a requirement for residency, but
perhaps I could be convinced that might be a good idea. 

I think competency in English should be a requirement for every citizen,
native born or immigrated. At the very least, we should not spend public
money accommodating those who do not speak English beyond programs to
provide opportunities to help them learn English, and I'd put the primary
focus there on aid to school-age children so they can be integrated into
English-speaking classrooms as quickly as possible.

Ron D'Eau Claire 



-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of allnutt
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:49 PM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Habla English?


Rob,
If the translator at the city meeting was for the sole purpose of helping 
legitimate immigrants learn English  would you have a problem with the 
translator being there?

Katie
PS Even if it helped with other concerns as a byproduct?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Habla English?


>
> But I will always object to spending taxpayer dollars to provide 
> Spanish-speaking facilities with the sole exceptions of resources to 
> help immigrants learn English and a reasonable multi-lingual 
> capability to render assistance in emergencies.
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
>


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