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Milpitas one of nine U.S. cities majority of residents are foreign-born
themilpitaspost ^ | 09/24/2008 02:44:05 PM PDT | by Mike Swift

Posted on 09/29/2008 6:24:51 PM PDT by Flavius

After decades of immigration from Asia and Latin America, Silicon Valley has hit a linguistic milestone that is rare in America: For the first time, a majority of Santa Clara County residents speak a language other than English at home.

In 2007, Santa Clara was one of just 10 counties in the United States where more than 50 percent of residents speak a foreign language at home, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data released Monday.

Most of those counties are home to Spanish speakers on the Mexican border or multilingual populations in large cities like New York, Los Angeles and Miami. But Santa Clara County, which is suburban in character, is home to a different kind of phenomenon, with highly educated workers and students drawn to the high-tech job mecca of Silicon Valley as orchards and farm fields gradually gave way to office space and cul-de-sacs.

(Excerpt) Read more at themilpitaspost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; california; english; global; immigrantlist; immigration; village
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1 posted on 09/29/2008 6:24:51 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: martin_fierro

for the SV ping list

not much of a surprise from my perspective


2 posted on 09/29/2008 6:26:29 PM PDT by Kevmo (McCain's learning from Palin how to win a national election. Palin's learning from him how to lose 1)
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To: Flavius

If they are here legally, hooray!!


3 posted on 09/29/2008 6:26:55 PM PDT by autumnraine (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: autumnraine

that is the problem, they more than likely are not. Would any nation on the planet look at this issue and think that this is a takeover? Can we just go somewhere and set up house and demand a monthly check for nothing?


4 posted on 09/29/2008 6:32:39 PM PDT by television is just wrong (liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: Flavius; autumnraine

Well, isn’t that special? Maybe they’ll catch up with L.A. someday.

And no, being “legal” doesn’t make it that much better if you are preferring another language to English for daily discourse, etc. I’m sick of it.


5 posted on 09/29/2008 6:33:20 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Never Forget, 9-11-01)
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To: autumnraine

Hooray? Are native-born Americans just too pathetic to keep the country prospering?

As far as I’m concerned, we were much better off before your friend with the brain tumor opened the floodgates in 1965.


6 posted on 09/29/2008 6:33:31 PM PDT by ruination
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To: Flavius

Note to self: “Cancel move to Milpitas”


7 posted on 09/29/2008 6:34:21 PM PDT by jokyfo ("OBAMA" is Arabic for "CIPHER" and Farsi for "VACUUM")
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To: Flavius

I was there for a month last summer, and I was one of the few English speaking people around. There was a large variety of languages around me from all over the world. It made it interesting to say the least.


8 posted on 09/29/2008 6:36:25 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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To: jokyfo

Great tagline.


9 posted on 09/29/2008 6:36:52 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Flavius

30 years ago we used to call Milpitas something rude based on its name, and it’s not much of stretch to figure out what that was.


10 posted on 09/29/2008 6:37:57 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: ruination

Huh? I assume your family came from somewhere.

I don’t have a problem with immigration, I have a problem with illegal immigration.

I’m sorry if you have a problem with that.

And what friend with brain tumor? I’m confused by that comment.


11 posted on 09/29/2008 6:40:18 PM PDT by autumnraine (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Flavius

A few years ago, I was visiting my employer HQ in silicon valley for about a week.

For one reason or another, I had decided to go to a grocery in milpitas to pickup something.

I vividly remember standing in line to checkout, and realizing that there were dozens of conversations going on all around me, and not a single one was in English.

I truly felt like I was in some third world country. I can’t tell you how strange and unnerving it is to feel like a foreigner in my own country.


12 posted on 09/29/2008 6:41:24 PM PDT by dman4384
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To: autumnraine

There is also alot of reverse discrimation job wise too.


13 posted on 09/29/2008 6:42:55 PM PDT by make no mistake
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To: autumnraine

I’ve got a problem with clueless immigration boosters who can’t or refuse to see the damage the mass influx of foreigners with very different ways of life has done to American culture over the past 40 years.

If you’re confused by my comment, you’re a probably a bit green on this topic. Here’s a hint: bloated lion.


14 posted on 09/29/2008 6:46:55 PM PDT by ruination
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To: Flavius


Moolti-pass!

15 posted on 09/29/2008 6:47:45 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: Flavius

This is exactly what the US needs. More legal immigrants bringing their knowledge and work ethics to this country. Hopefully, the old timers do not destroy this country before the new ones can make it more glorious.


16 posted on 09/29/2008 7:26:33 PM PDT by Fishing-guy
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To: autumnraine

No doubt about it, legal immigration is great. My dad immigrated with his family when he was 3.

But I have to admit it is sort of strange to drive through Milpitas and find everybody has come there from SE and S Asia. It really does tend to make one feel out of place.


17 posted on 09/29/2008 7:38:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: make no mistake
meant to say there is a lot of reverse discrimination in the job market.
18 posted on 09/29/2008 7:49:30 PM PDT by make no mistake
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
No doubt about it, legal immigration is great.

Not really. We don't need 1.2 million legal immigrants a year. Thge Jordan commission recommended 300,000. We need a merit based system rather than the current kinship system, which is the reason why we are importing poverty, primarily from Latin America. We don't need the visa lottery program and should eliminate birthright citizenship. Much is made of the impact of illegal immigration, but legal immigration policies are destroying this country and have been doing so since 1965.

19 posted on 09/29/2008 7:54:39 PM PDT by kabar (.)
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To: Flavius

Ping for later reading. It’s too late to get that pissed off.


20 posted on 09/29/2008 8:13:47 PM PDT by Jack Black
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