YEah, being bilingual is great -- all the kids should learn more than one language. But teaching the immigrant kids in spanish rather than teaching them to speak english is abhorrent and one of the biggest problems in America today. And only liberal doublethink can justify it because it makes no sense.
Agreed ... if I had time, I'd love to learn a second language. But as a teacher and working on my Master's degree with other teachers, we have a solid consensus that teaching kids in a language other than English has caused more problems that it has solved. Schools are also making language programs more readily available to students, which is a good thing. I don't know any French ... unless you count "I surrender."