People want to immigrate to America for what it is, the land of opportunity. Let's not **stardize what this great country is all about my allowing a passive take over of our country.

I agree with you totally optimistically cynical....seems like we had a major thread these past couple of weeks on English as a Second language and has now been deleted, most likely because I for one was called a bigot and racist and jumped back and told the people that do not live in America to worry about their own state/country, cause if you dont live here you will never understand what we go through, especially with the illegal immigrants

I didnt go off topic, My first words were agreeing with someon on this post....to pacify your little mind and since I do believe you went off topic by berating me, I believe that yes immigrants should be required to have the basic ENGLISH language skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's keep America the America we all love.

OMG, me thinks generic is typing about me with the spellin and grammar...tooooo bad and oh so funny..as I said before the point is I type, speak and read English in an English Country, where it should be made legal for all that wants to become a citizen...I would never be so presumtious to berate others for "there mispeling"

and if i forgot to capitalize, dot my eyes, put a puntuation in, spell the wrong way, bite me cuz I did it on purpose...at least its in English and readable

Charles dear...do you not know what sarcasm is????? and being facetious?????...if you have nothing to say on the topic just shut up!!!!!

..I would never go to another country without understanding and being able to work with their language at least to get by on...and I sure in the hell would not move to a foreign country without learning their laws, ways and language first...

English was the first language for a long time. Before the libs got some influence on the laws and helped to change that fact, for a long time it was expected of you as a immigrant by those who were citizens of this country who either A. themselves arrived knowing how to speak english or B. they learned how to speak it soon after becoming a resident/citizen they also expected the immigrant to learn the language as they had.

It was the right thing to do and people did it. It was mostly an un-written code of law that to be a part of this country, YOU LEARNED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE if you wanted a job that almost always required english so the boss would understand you and vice-versa.

The libs changed that. The libs decided (essentially) that it was ok that immigrants who came to this country DID NOT have to learn the english language. They decided that the American goverment/people should bow to the fact that because of our freedoms we have here, it was wrong and unjust to expect a person who did not know but a few words of english (if that many) to take time and learn the language.

The libs saw an enterprising situation here that would create jobs for all involved. They would establish interpreters! While they were at it lets make certain that companies selling their products write certain pieces of information in various languages at the American citizens expense. Have you not wondered how those companies pay for all that extra paper and ink to write things in two to six languages? The consumer pays for it each time you buy a product with all that extra writing on it. The consumer essentially pays for the interpreters that help the companies producing the languages and who knows what else.

There should never of been any question of what is the primary language in America. It should never be second or equal to any language. If you come to this country you should want to learn the language.
If you want to come to this country and you don't want to learn english......YOUR THE PROBLEM.

Charles dear...do you not know what sarcasm is????? and being facetious?????...if you have nothing to say on the topic just shut up!!!!!

Kansas just passed a bill and English is now our official state language

Charles, we've bantered before! You apparently are still shorting yourself on certain aspects of education that can be obtained from any local library or knowlegable liberal.
I won't spend time re-explaining my post to you. As an example, if you haven't lived in the southwest or studied what has been happening for a few decades in that region that deals with the spanish/english war of which should be a first and primary language, then you shouldn't even be posting.

Immigrants (aliens) coming to this continent, since the Spanish made their presence felt,

they MADE the natural residents of these three America's learn their language. We're you aware of that? Probably not.

Well now you know it. Natives of Canada were forced to learn french and then english. French became a primary language at first. Their own native tongues quickly took a back seat. The same happened in the US. Were you aware of that? Did you know the Natives of the area called the USA were FORCED to learn the english language?

Did you know that those natives forced to go to white schools were beaten for speaking in their own tongue? Did you know on the reservations if a white person came among natives they were EXPECTED to revert to speaking broken english and not their own language? The military became parinoid when the natives spoke in their native tongue, plans of up risings and all that they feared. So they would beat them for not talking english if they spoke.

Essentially English was forced upon the native inhabitants and it slowly became a first language.
That doesn't mean doing that was correct. But it was accepted as the decades turned into centuries.
Then a time came when english became accepted as the first language and all other second to it. Since your not old enough to know anything about this past and are definetly un-read of it,

do some reading of the history of the english language take over of the Americas. Then do some reading of the acceptance of the english language as a second language in world wide countries and why they have accepted it more then other languages as a second language.

Most Americans do not want to enter any kind of a store and have to search among five different languages to find the one written in english to explain about the product and it's price, etc.

Anchorage is melting pot of languages in this small city of about 300,000. We have 100 different dialects. But english is the first language any where you go here. Immigrants go to english classes here. They go because they want to learn. If American libs have their way, no immigrant will ever have to learn any language but the one they speak. The libs will force the American tax payers by bills/laws they will push to get passed in congress to foot the bills that would require change in how all products and services and reading material are sold and displayed and printed.

Libs hate un-written rules/laws that the large majority of America accept and live by, especially when they feel a 'injustice' is happening.

If you come to America to live, you learn the language english. Plain and simple to most. If you don't your the problem
PS...I hope you have enjoyed this brief lesson?

But for the tide of historical events....we might all be speaking SPANISH OR FRENCH IN THE USA. Good post. Do you mind my asking your profession?