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To: jwalsh07
Should war heroes that did not speak English be denied citizenship after they met the requirements, including the expedited Bush requirements? Again it is a prudential issue in the end, although since the progency will be citizens in any event, this brouhaha seems to me to be rounding error over the longer term. Should Luis' parents be denied citizenship assuming they can't speak English? I don't think so.
247 posted on 07/09/2002 8:53:18 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Torie
Should war heroes that did not speak English be denied citizenship after they met the requirements, including the expedited Bush requirements?

If you don't speak English at minimum proficiency, you can't get in the US military Torie. It is a requirement.

248 posted on 07/09/2002 8:58:39 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: Torie
Should Luis' parents be denied citizenship assuming they can't speak English? I don't think so.

Oh, by all means, let's make an exception for the parents of people we know. Yes indeed, learning English should be a requirement of citizenship. And, BTW, there aren't any US military "war heroes" who don't speak English. You have to speak English to be allowed in the US military.

251 posted on 07/09/2002 9:06:01 PM PDT by Twodees
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To: Torie
Should Luis' parents be denied citizenship assuming they can't speak English? I don't think so.

Absolutely they should be denied citizenship. Anyoine who can't demonstrate a minimum proficiency should be be denied. They shouldn't be required to read Shakespeare but there are minimum standards that should be met. And in the past people wanted to meet those standards. My best friendds grandparents came over from Italy and had to learn English from scratch. His grandmother absolutely refused to speak in Italian once she got here, her husband was more reticient because of his heavy accent, but he learned too. She refused to speak Italian because she WANTED to be an American...any immigrant who does not should leave.

265 posted on 07/09/2002 9:32:34 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Torie
Should Luis' parents be denied citizenship assuming they can't speak English? I don't think so.

Uh huh. Hey... no habla? Hasta la vista, amigos. Jeez, this really is getting to be that proverbial nest of squabbling nationalities and ethnicities, isn't it. Ludicrous.

269 posted on 07/09/2002 9:39:22 PM PDT by Tancredo Fan
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