[ARE SOLE]

“A lot of them get frustrated when officers don’t speak Spanish,” Raine says. “I’ve been on calls where people are yelling at me because I don’t speak enough Spanish.”

Why should our Police have to speak the language of people that conquered the Mexicans?

Regards

[kabar]

Perhaps equally important, business groups seeking to corner the Hispanic market support bilingualism as well. Indeed, the orientation of U.S. businesses to Hispanic customers means they increasingly need bilingual employees; therefore, bilingualism is affecting earnings. Bilingual police officers and firefighters in southwestern cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas are paid more than those who only speak English. In Miami, one study found, families that spoke only Spanish had average incomes of $18,000; English-only families had average incomes of $32,000; and bilingual families averaged more than $50,000. For the first time in U.S. history, increasing numbers of Americans (particularly black Americans) will not be able to receive the jobs or the pay they would otherwise receive because they can speak to their fellow citizens only in English.

If the spread of Spanish as the United States' second language continues, it could, in due course, have significant consequences in politics and government. In many states, those aspiring to political office might have to be fluent in both languages. Bilingual candidates for president and elected federal positions would have an advantage over English-only speakers. If dual-language education becomes prevalent in elementary and secondary schools, teachers will increasingly be expected to be bilingual. Government documents and forms could routinely be published in both languages. The use of both languages could become acceptable in congressional hearings and debates and in the general conduct of government business. Because most of those whose first language is Spanish will also probably have some fluency in English, English speakers lacking fluency in Spanish are likely to be and feel at a disadvantage in the competition for jobs, promotions, and contracts.

Samuel Huntington

[YellowRoseofTx]

“The whole city is really behind the times in terms of serving the Latino community,” said Carmen Guerrera, a 30-year Mesa resident, who sits on the board for the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens.

“I’ve been on calls where people are yelling at me because I don’t speak enough Spanish.”

This is happening more and more here in my area of Texas. Even the mexicans who can speak English but use spanish more and work in the public are telling us we need to learn spanish to understand them

[purpleraine]

The police have to speak the language for their own safety and to do the job.

If you let these people in and let them stay, as our esteemed president does, then nurses, ambulance drivers, police and the whole lot have to do what they have to do.

[philetus]

“I’ve been on calls where people are yelling at me because I don’t speak enough Spanish.”

Sounds to me like they are hysterical and need a night stick upside the head,If they are yelling at you, they aren’t taking care of their ninos, so it would be “for the children”.