Everyone should learn English
Everyone should learn English
The U.S. has dealt with illegal immigration for years upon years. Many people are starting to say, “So what, we can’t do anything about it. It’s too big of a problem.”
The Alabama immigration law that passed recently has made an impact on the illegal immigrant population in Alabama. Even though they are experiencing lack of workers in farm fields, it’s giving unemployed Americans a second chance at a job that they may have lost due to the economy.
Along with anti-illegal immigration laws being passed in southern states we should do more. Have you ever noticed how we have Spanish on every product, directions, street signs? I have seen many Mexicans who have refused to learn English. I say why not take down these helping tools and actually make them learn our country’s language?
When my great grandparents from Europe came here they were forced to learn English, so why should illegal immigrants get help when many of our ancestors who went through all the paper work to become an American never got it?
With it being harder for illegal immigrants to communicate it will deter many others from crossing our border illegally due to the added hassle. It would make it harder to find American jobs and harder to obtain housing making their dreams of an easier life seem out of reach.
Lauren Nagle
Naperville