Does anybody think legals and illegals should be required to learn English before coming to America.

[Devaje007]

Immigrants need to know our language to be productive citizens ..does any one agree yes or no


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[Moonglow]

productive or hard working?

 

[irosie91]

no---encouraged but not required

 

[JakeStarkey]

All immigrant groups inevitably and eventually adapt and adopt and mingle.

Your concern is not based in economic or social realities.

By the second generation, the process is well ongoing.

 

[rightwinger]

My Great Grandmother was from Finland and never quite picked up the language

First generation immigrants have wide ranges of success in picking up the language.....second generation does just fine

 

[Auld Phart]

Que?

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

No.

The first generation of any immigrant class has rarely learned the language. However, most of them demanded that their children did so.

Even so, all government forms and documentation should be English-only.

 

[TNHarley]

No. If we were to make English our official language, perhaps.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Before they come? No. In order to receive citizenship? Yes!

 

[Moonglow]

I always learned as much of a language when I went to another country, how else do you score women and drugs if you can't speak the language?

 

[Mac1958]

No, of course not.

But it should be a cultural expectation that they assimilate as quickly as possible, making a sincere effort to learn the language and social mores.

There are obviously many in our country who have consciously and aggressively eschewed the traditional American "melting pot" approach in favor of hyphenated Identity Politics, but all that has done is create and exacerbate cultural divisions. Perhaps that was the goal, because it certainly was predictable.
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[Iceweasel]

E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. You can't be one people if you can't communicate with each other. To be a citizen you should know English but not to visit.

 

[usmbguest5318]

should legal and illegal [immigrants] be required to learn English before coming to America?

No, but they should be required to learn it before being granted citizenship.

 

[rightwinger]

Before they come? No. In order to receive citizenship? Yes!

I believe speaking English is a requirement for citizenship

 

[rightwinger]

Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.

• Be a permanent resident (have a “Green Card”) for at least 5 years.

• Show that you have lived for at least 3 months in the state or USCIS district where you apply.

• Demonstrate continuous residence in the United States for at least 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing Form N-400.

• Show that you have been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months out of the 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing Form N-400.

• Be able to read, write, and speak basic English.

• Have a basic understanding of U.S. history and government (civics).

• Be a person of good moral character.

• Demonstrate an attachment to the principles and ideals of the U.S. Constitution

 

[Unkotare]

...

The first generation of any immigrant class has rarely learned the language. ...

Not so.

 

[Unkotare]

No.

....all government forms and documentation should be English-only.

Why?

 

[Moonglow]

E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. You can't be one people if you can't communicate with each other. To be a citizen you should know English but not to visit.

Then take the Latin off the money and replace it with English....English, not American..

 

[Moonglow]

No.

....all government forms and documentation should be English-only.

Why?

So it's more difficult to exist..

 

[Edward007]

When they are in the work place they need to speak English