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To: metmom
My grandparents came over here from *the old country* without knowing English and they learned it.

Same here with my Dad's parents from Germany. Did the government accommodate them with interpretators and voting guidelines printed in German? No. Same for those who emigrated from Poland, Italy, etc.

I would like to know the rationale behind the exceptions made for legal Mexican immigrants. (Those who are here illegally should be deported.)

That taxpayers have to fund interpreters or any other special assistance at the polls is, IMO, another example of the government stealing what rightfully belongs to those who earned it...and they do it with impunity.

If the legal Mexicans want to vote in America, let them learn our language or just don't vote! If their allegiance is more to Mexico than the United States, well, that's another topic.

27 posted on 10/30/2006 11:26:51 PM PST by IIntense
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To: IIntense

An immigrant is technically required to learn English to become a citizen (who can then legally vote), so it makes no sense at all.


28 posted on 10/30/2006 11:32:45 PM PST by FreePoster
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To: IIntense

You got that right. I never heard my grandparents whine about having had to learn English. Matter of fact that made my one set fluent in three languages; I'm jealous.

If their allegiance is more to another country, or religion, they need to leave, yesterday.


37 posted on 10/31/2006 6:01:48 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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