In defense of familia

“As a Mexican-American, I’m hearing from a lot of U.S.-born Hispanics who are convinced that the immigration debate is a proxy for an assault on them, their language and their culture. The Senate fed that perception last month when it voted to declare English the “national language,” and turned the debate over immigration into a debate over language.

Correction: This was always a debate about language - and culture and ethnicity. The Senate just made it official.

For many Americans, the problem isn’t just that people are coming into the country illegally. It’s that once they get here, these folks change their surroundings, maintain their Spanish and transform Main Street into Little Mexico. Those changes terrify many Americans, who complain about feeling like visitors in their native land.”

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