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[SPIDERMAN]

I wanted to make my posts leading up to 1,000 about something that matters greatly to me and all of you who have contributed to this thread have made that happen. I cannot express how it makes me feel to see people speak so freely and passionately about their feelings for the ideals of out great country. Thanks to all of you.

[naitram]

the problem isnt just in the southern states, in my area of MA ther's lager populations of brazilian, some leagle and some illeagle, and there are many spanish speaking people as well, for quite some time we have had bilingual packaging in our stores, but i actuall saw a tri-lingual sign outside a buisness yesterday. my step-daughter has a girl in high-school with her that brags that her family is here illeagley.  i just cant accept that english the international language for buisness could be pushed aside here in the US by a large population of people that shouldnt be here in the first place

[BK]

Come to Chicago we got it all. What fumes me the most is them saying we do the jobs that you won't. I can't even get my kids jobs at local resturants or other places because they are all taken by adult Illegal's. If I go up north to WI the same jobs are being done by teenagers. That is were the foundation begains in teaching them responsibility and if they do not like that type of work than stay in school and college. (yes I need spell check too)

My wife came over here from Germany and we did it the legal way. Lots of paper work and she did not speak much english at the time she learned it. We had some friends come over from Austria last week and they all spoke english. They were so proud to practice it here.

[Twolanerider]

Had a thought (it happens....) that sort of ties in here.  Speaking to the original question that really centered around whether or not English is or a should be a required US "national language" and how much concession is made to Spanish there seemed little disagreement that those on the road to legal citizenship will end up exercising some basic English functionality.  However, just to stir things up a bit, there is the area of that debate that often gets neatly sidestepped.  Whether it be an immigration question or simply a language requirement and usage question; how is this "we all should speak English" party line adjusted when you (as I do) support eventual statehood for Puerto Rico?

[EAGLE1]

to read these post's in spanish press Here

[hdhiwayman]

The way I see it is that everything that happens or dosn't happen with reguard to our government is directly related to the dollar bill. If it happens it was a good deal. If it does not happen it costs too much. So illegal immigration = a good deal for labor and is allowed to happen. To expand the immigration services to handle larger numbers of immigrants costs too much and therefore will not happen. And that creates a demand for labor and the only way the supply can fullfill the demand is illegaly.