[Crusher138]

As well as I can tell, my family name came over with a British soldier during the revolution who had been impressed into service and took the opportunity of service in the Colonies to desert the British army.

My lovely spouses' family names are McFranklin and McCarville. No great mystery to how they were greeted upon immigrating. "Irish need not apply."

What we didn't see was the Irish taking over the government and then making all other government employees speak Irish.

Assimillation is the problem. Seems that many Spanish speaking people would rather be separate than integrate.

[Luis Gonzalez]

I believe two things.

1) We need to control the borders, and 2) the people who are here, given enough time, will assimilate.

They will leave their mark on the society, look around at the marks left by all immigrant groups, but they will all assimilate.

I am a first generation immigrant, my kids do not speak Spanish, but they love Cuban food...we have assimilated just like everyone before us.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"What we didn't see was the Irish taking over the government..."

You have never been to Boston?

I don't see Mexican immigrants "taking over the government", I see our government doing some really stupid crap to appease them.

"...and then making all other government employees speak Irish."

I can't understand about 80% of what Ted Kennedy says.