Posted on 10/10/2011 10:37:52 AM PDT by John Semmens
Complaining that it’s too hard for those who don’t speak English to get access to welfare and other benefits in the state, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered state agencies to translate documents and provide interpreters to aid immigrants seeking public assistance.
“A person’s access to subsistence, housing, education, medicine and other necessities of life should not be contingent on an ability to speak or understand English,” Cuomo asserted. “We must not allow an arbitrarily imposed language barrier to trample human rights.”
The Governor insisted that “it is especially important that we make the extra effort to assist those here illegally. A person without documents is already at a great disadvantage when it comes to getting along in our society. Whether they are waiting on street corners looking for work or have ‘under-the-table’ jobs, they are in constant danger of arrest and deportation. To the extent that we can reduce such exposure by providing for their needs through our social services programs it is, I believe, our moral obligation to do so. The translation assistance I have authorized will help us to fulfill this obligation.”
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http://azconserv1.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/president-praises-occupy-wall-street-protest/
Last I heard, one must be proficient in English to get US citizenship. This is just more catering to illegals. Your tax dollars at play.
Blah, might have known. That silliness again.
Go to
http://vote.nyc.ny.us/publications.html
Scroll down to section “FORMS” and then look at sub-section “NYC BOARD OF ELECTIONS”...voter registration forms.
Hmmm... I think a bumper sticker I saw this weekend sums up how I feel perfectly: ‘I may not be from Texas, but I got here as fast as I could’.
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