Word to the wise: Learn English

Posted on: November 30th, 2007
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“¿No hablas inglés? Do something about it. You can’t keep pressing “No. 2″ for Spanish forever. Only one in four Latino immigrants speaks English very well, according to a new report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. That’s loco.

The bitter hostility aimed at illegal immigrants stems, in great part, from immigrants’ failure to learn English. And until more legal and undocumented immigrants speak the language, they’ll be muffled out by loud protests of angry Americans.”*

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