Mexicans and assimilation: The challenge

Posted on: April 6th, 2006
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“The symbolic unfurling of the Mexican flag ”” proudly waved at huge rallies in Los Angeles and at smaller demonstrations in Atlanta in recent weeks ”” seemed to confirm for many people that illegal immigrants aren’t really interested in being Americans.

Bilingual signs marking the aisles at Home Depot may be easy for most of us to understand ”” given the huge number of Spanish-speakers now among us ”” but flaunting the Mexican flag and demanding rights accorded to U.S. citizens when you are in the country illegally is, well, something altogether different ”” and troubling.”

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