Thread: Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English

Originally Posted by gugi

In any case it seems to me that the current economic problems of US have very little to do with legal and illegal immigrants. And my understanding is that in historical plan, the numbers as fraction of the population are not too high - a higher fractions have been sucessfully integrated in the past.

Sarcastically, I say "True". At one time, we were 100% immigrants.

Originally Posted by ScottS

Sarcastically, I say "True". At one time, we were 100% immigrants.

Not really. There are a lot of US citizens of native American Indian ancestry including myself.

Originally Posted by gugi

Right, so we're finally at the source of contention. It's not the language, that's bothering people, it's the money.

The source of contention (for me) is the lack of respect for the laws, language, customs, and common practices of the US by people who want to live in the US