Migration Policy Institute: http://www.migrationpolicy.org
Here’s a thought: illegal? You don’t get to further suck our tax dollars — get out.
The cool thing, in all of this, is that WE get to program them our way. At least. Here’s the thing, tho — I do genealogy. My great-grandmother came from Germany/Russia/ Brazil to Kansas, along with many of the other Volga Germans. She never went to school, never learned to read or write. One of her sister’s immigration papers was signed with a small ‘x’ and I am sure there were many who signed this way.
Her kids came home from Kindergarten, tho, and said, “We are Americans. We speak English, not German.” And THAT generation never looked back.
‘Can’t read and write’ — there are worse things. “Grateful” comes with being lifted up.