Those who simplistically say, “Let the immigrants learn English,� don’t understand that these immigrants are the poorest of the poor. They have had no schooling in Mexico on any subject. They're used to living in garbage dumps. They can’t read or write Spanish or any language. The schooling process is foreign to them, so someone has to school them in their own language before they can translate to English.
The other option is to simply pick up English by watching TV or working on the job with those who came before. I would liken this to learning a language in the same manner as a 1- or 2-year-old child does: from birth, from scratch, just by listening.
They would then have to progress to reading and writing English, all while working a menial job, before they could take citizenship tests.
Am I making excuses for immigrants? No. I just want to remind some people of the hurdles that immigrants face. I will say that I have met a few former illegal immigrants who, by the exertion of their basic and obviously excellent intelligence, have conquered the hurdles, run their own businesses and now are in better financial shape than I am. They have become American entrepreneurs.
— William Wolny, Oxnard
Sign need.........You are not Welcome Illegals,you could be shot crossing illegally by the spineless goverment of GW BUSH who wants cheap labor for big bussiness. Just like Lincoln,the republican party keeps makeing one mistake after another. Why are they so stupid.