A Washington town confronts its language barrier

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-bilingual25-2008may25,0,2752710.story ^

[World_Events]

I didn't get too far in this article, it made me quite ill.

[Operation_Shock_N_Awe]

“After a legal aid group filed a Civil Rights Act complaint, the U.S. Department of Justice worked with the city and Police Department to develop a language assistance plan. “

I have a plan.....LEARN ENGLISH or LEAVE

[marlon]

Hey this is pretty common. It’s almost mandetory to be bilingual in emergency services and getting to the point where soon it will be.

[pnh102]

I am so sick of the onus falling on us to teach immigrants how to speak English, or us having to speak some foreign language in the USA. My parents were legal immigrants and they spoke fluent English upon their arrival in the USA, why can’t we expect immigrants to even do that anymore?

[TheZMan]

God forbid you make them speak English under penalty of no government services. Doing what they’ve done here should be against the law in more ways than one, but of course it isn’t.

[popdonnelly]

Our political “leaders” are too concerned about the Hispanic vote to care.

[SevenofNine]

One thing what get me they can’t one of the kids to snitch on the father accused of domestic violence WTF

They appease the immigrant population hey politican want that Hispanic vote

[martin_fierro]

[yldstrk]

Learn English or you won’t get the full comprehension of the Constitution.

[VeniVidiVici]

It’s obvious that if they don’t speak English they aren’t citizens.

[raybbr]

Mayor (Chester Stranczek) Returns $48 Million to Taxpayers, Then Retires

[lightman]

I’ve seen envelopes from the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare with at least 12 different languages printed on the reverse side.

[sionnsar]

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[purpleraine]

If you're in a farming community and Mexican labor is needed to work the crop, then the public services better be ready. It's unsafe to police populations for which the force does not speak the language.

Otherwise it's a formula for disaster. If you can get all those American college school kids and welfare recipients out there to stoop and bend, then problem solved, but good luck.

[STONEWALLS]

“It’s almost mandetory to be bilingual in emergency services and getting to the point where soon it will be.”

.....I think there’s already been a wrongful discharge law suit about that....a Calif. woman who worked in the county government got fired for not learning Spanish....even though there was no language requirement when she hired on years before....I can’t remember how it turned out though.

[beelzepug]

Mayor Stranczek-
And that includes spelling, does it?

[arthurus]

Excetions?Qu’est ce que c’est?

[JDoutrider]

It follows us no matter where we go! Ey Amigo?

[ridesthemiles]

“After a legal aid group filed a Civil Rights Act complaint, the U.S. Department of Justice worked with the city and Police Department to develop a language assistance plan. “

I have a plan.....LEARN ENGLISH or LEAVE”

Needs fixin’.....
I have a plan...prove that you are here legally, then those who are legal: LEARN ENGLISH OR LEAVE!!!!!!