On Aug 10, 10:29 am, Graphic Queen <pa...@pagan.com> wrote:
Culpeper Affirms Status of English
County Targets Illegal Immigrants
Culpeper is in violation of USofAmerican L.A.W. and
should be held in contempt and fined heavily for circumventing
U.S.of American LAW for not providing all county documents,
and services in the Spanish language.
By Nick Miroff
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 9, 2007; Page B01
Culpeper County does not have foreign-language interpreters
Spanish is not a "foreign-language" (not to the USofA anyway).
"I think we all came from foreign countries
Agreed that when "we come from foreign countries" we should
learn the USofAmerican lengual franca and those
are English and Spanish.
Spanish is 2nd only to Native American language in continuity
and longivity; Long before the 13 colonies existed, the Spanish
language florished and continue throughout this precious land, the
USofA.
and turned into
English-speaking Americans," he said. "But I don't feel a willingness
of this particular group to do that. I don't see the willingness to
blend into society."
That charge often has been leveled lately in places with growing
Latino immigrant populations. Experts say language adaptation and
assimilation have never been a forte of first-generation immigrants.
Although some scholars say some Latinos, and Mexicans in particular,
are assimilating more slowly compared with previous immigrant groups,
their children are commonly bilingual. Often, by the third generation,
only English is spoken.
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