Posted by
nhoop on Monday, June 02, 2008 10:42:25 PM
Remember when America was an English speaking country where immigrants were expected to, and did,
learn the language?
Those days are gone, and, tragically, no one in Washington cares.
An AP report says that in Miami, Spanish has become the predominant language, replacing English in
everyday life. Anyone from Latin America could feel at home on the streets, without having to
pronounce a single word in English. In stores, shopkeepers wait on their clients in Spanish.
Universities offer programs for Spanish speakers. And in supermarkets, banks, restaurants — even
at the post office and government offices — information is given and assistance is offered in
Spanish. In Miami, doctors and nurses speak Spanish with their patients and a large portion of
advertising is in Spanish. Daily newspapers and radio and television stations cater to the
Hispanic public.
So what's happening? "The Anglo population is leaving," said Juan Clark, a sociology professor at
Miami Dade College. "One of the reactions is to emigrate toward the north. They resent the fact
that (an American) has to learn Spanish in order to have advantages to work. If one doesn't speak
Spanish, it's a disadvantage."
Also, according to the Census, 58.5 percent of the county's 2.4 million residents speak Spanish
—
and half of those say they don't speak English well. English-only speakers make up 27.2 percent of
the county's residents.
In the mainly Cuban city of Hialeah and in the Miami neighborhood of Little Havana, 94 percent of
residents identified themselves as Hispanic.
Andrew Lynch, an expert on linguistics and bilingualism at the University of Miami, said that the
presence of Spanish-speakers first became an issue in Miami-Dade County in the 1960s and '70s with
the arrival of Cuban immigrants and intensified in the '80s with immigrants from not just Cuba,
but Argentina, Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America. The exodus of English speakers soon
followed.
Librarian Martha Phillips, 61, believes those who speak Spanish will continue to have more
opportunities and she doesn't think that's necessarily fair. Phillips said she is sorry to see
non-Spanish-speakers abandoning Miami, and said she's concerned that the area "will be like a
branch of Latin America."
And OH NO! Some Spanish speakers say they have their own trouble with those who only speak
English.
How simply shocking!
You think that's bad? Consider these nightmare numbers from the Los Angeles Times:
1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County ( L. A. County has 10.2 million people) are working for cash
and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a
green card.
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal ,
whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
5. Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from
south of the border.
8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking.
10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in L. A. County . )
To those who whine, "we need them to do stoop labor."
WRONG! Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare.
Over 70% of the United States ' annual population growth (and over 90% of California , Florida ,
and New York ) results from immigration.
29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
Are there NO responsible "representatives" in Washington???