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Since Chicago is in neither Mexico, Spain, nor any other Spanish speaking country, not being able to speak Spanish should not disqualify one for a job in Chicago.
You don't think there are jobs in Chicago requiring a person to be bilingual and speak Spanish and English? There are.
Ya know the Naperville aurora area has over 500,000 people with all the illegals. That's a pretty large amount of people
I don't know exactly what the numbers are, but my was in response to a post that was completely unnecessary. I'm in my 50's and have lived here my entire life. I'm well aware of the growth in Naperville.
I understand crime has also gone up, too, but perhaps only in the part of Naperville that is closest to Aurora.
My family members settled in the communities filled with people from their own country, but made it a priority to learn English as soon as they got here. I'm not aware of any time in history when you could take the test to become a U.S. citizen without knowing English except in a few cases where the person has had a permanent residency card for 15 years or more, and they would have to be older than 50 to qualify.
As for people complaining in the past about the numbers of immigrants coming into the country and taking jobs, do a search on Operation wet and back, since the system deleted the word, from the mid-1950's - pre-baby boomers being in control and able to vote.
How do you know that was their intent--an "FU" ???
I see people frequently with car stickers and t-shirts with flags and symbols of other nations--perhaps from where their families were based before emigrating...Union Jacks, Irish pride shamrocks, German and French flags and other symbols. Seems like pretty much the same thing to me, other than those are white/Euro symbols as opposed to brown/Latino.
Do people coming from other countries have to revoke all memory and affection for their nations or cultures of origin?
I believe assimilation is important, and that it typically comes naturally. There is no reason why anyone cannot or should not partake of a new land and new life but still retain pride for their places of birth...regardless of the culture. America: it ain't just Wonder Bread.
Have you ever seen a map of the US prior to the War of 1848?
Can anyone explain why some folks get all bunched up over the fact that when people come here from other countries they don't instantly and automatically transform into characters from the old TV show "Father Knows Best?"
It's only natural that assimilated immigrants want to hold on to pieces their cultural identity - especially when they are surround by a vastly different culture from back home. Heck go to NYC or Chicago and you will see Italians celebrating Italian holidays or flying the flag or Jewish people celebrating religious holidays, poles celebrating, etc. None of this means FU to America.
Not sure why any American should take offense at this. If one just bothered to talk to any of these folks (especially the latinos) you would see they mean no offense by these actions.
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