Hummmmm, many good and valid points here. In our area, next to DC, we have had an explosion of people from hispanic lands. The problem here is that, while I agree certain jobs need to be filled and they can do it, they still need to learn how to read and speak English. We have all these people here and most know very little English. Instead of teaching them to speak and read our language, we are being told we must learn to read and speak "their" language. That just doesn't sit right with me at all.
Learning OUR culture, rules, regulations, laws, and language should be the number one priority in allowing anyone to work and live here in the US. I don't believe that is too much to ask. Things have now gotten so far out of hand, that trying to do that now, in "afterthought" would not work either. It has had a profound affect on local government offices, DMV, businesses, etc. In our area, "they" are actually becoming the prominent group with the loudest voice. Our cablevision now has six hispanic channels. Mind you, most VCR's can set language to hispanic anyway; but we are forced to have to pay for these channels that are broadcast in only hispanic--and we are offered no substitutes to replace them. They say this will only get worse. They are truly affecting and changing us. The politicians should have given this situation much more thought up front before opening the doors up so wide with no stipulations.
Just my opinion.