Tnx for your thoughts. The truth is that I myself ain't got no established opinion about that. What I am trying to figure out is:
1. Illegal immigration - well, as the name suggests it it's illegal and an effective end should be put to it. True that most of the Americans won't agree to blow the leaves for $4.85 an hour, but come and think of it - if the employers KNEW that there is no Guatemalan cheap illegal labor available, maybe the situation were different.
2. English is a serious problem though. True that our country was established as a melting pot, but most of the early immigrants were strivin' to adjust to the norms and standards of the society, changed their names to sound it more American, etc. NOW, it seems that it's not necessary, everyone lives in their respective ghettos, and the only thing that many of the newcomers learned is the practice to whine and complain how hard and unfair the life in America is. I am not making it up, I keep hearing from my co-workers and my classmates how much more freedom was in Jamaica and how easier the financial life was in Malaysia, and how less hours ppl had to work in India.
3. The core immigration waves were originally from British Isles (mostly Ireland), and Northern Europe (Germany and less Scandinavia). In the 1880's 2 more powerful immigrant streams were added: Italy and Russia/Poland. After 1921 the immigration was greatly reduced, but after the WWII many of Eastern European immigrants were addmitted to the US. In the LBJ's days everything changed when a new Immigration Bill was passed; HOWEVER, the Mexican and other Latin American immigrants were nothing new for the US - they used to work as braceros or "wetbacks" (nothing deragatory about this, it hinted on crossing Rio Grande) for years between the WWII. Chinese ppl, Japanese ppl, Filipino ppl are all an inseparable part of America; however, is that normal that hordes of ppl from Arab countries, Pakistan, etc., are now changing the "landscape" of the country? I dunno. I really want to apply democratic prinicples and say it's normal, but I really can't... Am I a BIGOT?
