[teg_76]

So this Senate bill says they have to learn English....I'm sure it'll be a very demanding test to measure profiency (sarcasm)

[ncountylee]

Well I'm becoming very anti-Mexican illegal aliens.

[Eagles6]

save

[gpapa]

It'a a feel good measure. It would be effective except where provided by law.

[A CA Guy]

PRAY Congress holds firm and lets none of the really bad stuff through.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Mr. Montgomery should have used American native leftists to clear confusion with Native American leftists.

[CitizenUSA]

teg_76 wrote: "So this Senate bill says they have to learn English..."

From the Houston Chronicle:

"WASHINGTON - The Senate tacked onto its immigration bill two declarations that English is the "national" or "common and unifying" language of the United States, but the action on the cultural side issue was mostly symbolic.

Lawmakers for and against the amendments agreed Thursday that the measures would leave the government's current multilingual documents and programs UNCHANGED." <--my emphasis.

[Nita Nupress]

"Flashback?" How about this for a flashback?

San Jacinto Flag This was the banner the Texans carried at one of the greatest turning points in American history. Santa Anna's army of over 6,000 men swept across Texas to Lynch's Ferry, a gathering point for retreating Texas settlers. Santa Anna led one column onto a narrow peninsula, surrounded by San Jacinto Bay and Buffalo Bayou, and set up camp. The Texas army rushed to the opportunity, marching nearly all night, and at dawn of the next day were on the edge of the grassy plains of San Jacinto. After brief skirmishes, the Texans advanced at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of April 21st, 1836. With cries of "Remember the Alamo" and "Remember Goliad," they charged into the Mexican camp. The attack was so sudden that the battle was over in 18 minutes. Of the original Mexican force of 1500 men, 630 were killed on the spot, 208 were wounded and 730 were captured. Only 743 Texans were in battle; 6 were killed and another 25 wounded, including Sam Houston. Santa Anna was captured, and the war was over. By early June, the entire Mexican army had crossed the Rio Grande, and Texas was free!

http://www.galleryoftherepublic.com/images/txflags/sanjacinto_fr.jpg

[Ceewrighter]

How can they enforce English later when they can't do it now...every freaking call I make I have to prepare to press one as soon as I can before I have to hear the Spanish option, even when I call some government agencies I have to press one to hear my options in English - so this new bill is just freaking window dressing to calm the camp. The Senate, the President, they're all freaking liberals, now!

[AmeriBrit]

A good place to start taking back California as ours is by getting rid of the pot stirrers.....Mayor Antonio Vilagarosa, Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamonte, UCR Professor Navarro. These 3 just as an example.....there are lots more without even mentioning Feinstein, Boxer and Pelosi.

[AmeriBrit]

Why bring up an article from 4 years ago that's written about something 5 years ago? Couldn't you find something a little more recent or are you just trying to keep the pot stirred and drive the knife further into the wound?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

If the US had never aquired any land west of the Mississippi river, we today would have the border patrol maning boats on the Mississippi trying to stop the flood of illegal mexicans trying to cross the river to where life is good in the US.

The land WEST of the Mississippi would be just another s#!t hole part of Mexico.

[BadAndy]

Millions of foreign and domestic enemies in the country and the govt is oblivious to the problem.

[garbageseeker]

I was born in Los Angeles over 30 years ago in a hospital near Downtown Los Angeles. I have seen the dramatic changes my favorite city has gone through in the last 30 years. I have survived floods, a fire and almost perished in a severe earthquake in 1994. But I have seen the changes that the influx of Hispanics has done for the city. There are parts of the city that there is not a English sign or someone who can interpret for you. The city changed the main boulevard from downtown to East Los Angeles from "Brooklyn St" which was named for 50 years to Caesar Chavez Bl. This phenomenon is not merely localized to the city. This has slowly creeped outwards to the suburbs. I love this city very much and I am very saddened what has happened in the last two decades to the city.