[FITZ]

There have been several articles in the papers here --one third of the people don't speak English or speak no more than a handful of words in English and many have lived here over 20 years. One fifth speak only English or no more than a handful of words in Spanish ---in between there are varying levels of English proficiency but even they are not all fluent. Economically the area is in trouble and some are beginning to think part of it is language. It's a little hard to assimilate when you won't learn the language of the majority.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"It's a little hard to assimilate when you won't learn the language of the majority."

Abolutely.

BTW, who is the majority there?

[Torie]

To get more traction for your point of view, you will need some data for those over 18 that were born here. If those in that category in El Paso can't in general speak English, then Bush needs to use the heavy hand of the Feds to take over the schools, because something simply isn't working. But I doubt that that is the case.