Sort of a poll about illegals and jobs?

GreasyTony

Your opinion is your opinion, but can you list of those jobs you are talking about? or did you just see a couple posted, and you went hay-wire? Like you said "it's a requirement", if you don't qualify because you refuse to learn another language....MOVE ON! and get over it.

Being in American gets you a lot of oportunities, and is very important....it's a useful skill. Maybe Americans are just too lazy to learn or are just afraid of foreign languages (Xenoglossophobia).

Having people in America that don't speak English is a huge benefit, especially to marketing companies.

http://www.strictlyspanish.com/white_paper4.htm
Virtually every type of company and organization in the United States is being impacted by the growth of the Hispanic population. You see it in government, healthcare, manufacturing, food service, construction, education, finance, legal, and these are just a few examples. Marketing and selling to the U.S. Hispanics has become so important that universities are offering programs on the subject. Florida State University has recently created a center for Hispanic marketing communications offering graduate certificates and undergraduate minor programs.

Speaking Spanish in the United States is here to stay and growing. This is obvious to anyone living anywhere in this country. All Americans encounter Spanish-speaking people in their daily livesâ€” whether shopping, going out to a restaurant, at the doctorâ€™s office, or at their place of employment. A study recently released by Hispanic U.S.A., Inc. called â€œThe Future Use of the Spanish Language in the USAâ€ says that the number of Spanish-dominant and bilingual Hispanics will increase by 45 percent over the next 20 years.

left the forum

First I don't see any question, it's only your opinion. Then, my opinion is that there are a lot of angry racists who only want to spread hate giving wrong information to the people. That doesn't work. That tactic never work. In the moment people start posting lies, they lose all credibility and people find out.
Don't apply for a job that requires a person to be bilingual if you don't qualify. That is the right of the employer and just hating on immigrants is not going to change how people do business. You learn another language or you become unemployed. You can move to another state but your state is not going to change just to accommodate the feelings of angry people. Even that, you have to comply with the requirements of the employer, or start your own business.

*Its all about you*

They want to learn english!!! Who goes to a foreign county not wanting to learn the native language? Unfortunately it is kind of hard when everyone around you speaks a different language. Business are just hiring bilingual people to make things easier for them.

tarahdoll

EXACTLY!!! If I call and get a recording that says "Press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish", I get SOOO irritated. Why do we cater to them? It's ridiculous!

Fred Head

I hate it when I go to a cetain Kroger or Walmart that have the isle signs in spanish, because I am standing on the wrong side of them.

r a

The recession is from the wall street greed, banks lending practices and most of all, our excessive obsession with national security over other important matters and letting Bush start a war and waste billions of dollars to finance it with zero returns. We kept quiet for 8 years while he was plundering the treasury and instead of taking responsibility for it and face the consequences, what do we do? Blame the poor mexicans who clean tiolets, cut grass, clean the hotel rooms after we check out and other low end jobs. Honestly, how many of the people who ranted here were actually displaced by the a mexican doing a low end job? One guy actually talked about spanish ailes to vent his anger. Unbelievable. Stop blaming others for the bad choices we made in the past 8 years (supporting Bush and watching him do horrible things to this country).

carolinagirl

Preach it sister and AMEN!

Reverend Mike

Worse than that! I worked a job for a city in CA. They stated that everyone had to be bilingual. They couldn't state which languages because that would be discriminatory! It seems that a few supervisors spoke English and Spanish. My two languages were English and French! (I grew up near the Canadian border not much call for Spanish) But 95% of the people only spoke Spanish! I find this more and more. They say that you have to be bilingual but if you can only speak Spanish they will hire you! Racist? Illegal? Discriminatory? YES! Does your government care? HE!! NO!

Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

down here on the border we like it that way

Melanie B

I can list a bunch of Jobs, McDonald's, (I am talking around my area, and in the Chicago-land area,)
McDonald's, Walgreen's (in china town)
The township of CIcero
Burger King
Family dollar
Naivest
R.C.N
Aero Tech
Some positions at Mac Neal Hospital
Verizon Wireless
Most Teaching positions
Schools (all)
Pharmacists
Pharmacy techs
Motel Managers in cicero
Behavioral Staffing
ING financial services
HSBC bank
Adecco
Allstate Insurance Company
AT&T Wireless
Comcast
Harris Bank
Jackson Walbash
AppleOne
Blue Cross Blue Shield
United Auto Insurance
Global options group
Hewett
Phillips
ECOLAB
Randstad
Cicero, Chicago Libraries
All State insurance
National City Bank

Need I continue?

Cathlin

Look at the California Constitution, Article 3, Section 6. Why is it not enforced?

cmdrbnd007

I agree.

ggentry

I think it is a shame. If you can't speak English go home.

WhyMe?

I agree with you. I think it is a wonderful thing to be able to speak more than only one language but you can do so at home, not in public where most other people can't understand you. I teach my kid to speak other languages at home (since my first language is not English and I speak 4 languages) but when we go out, we speak English so that people don't get annoyed. I believe everybody should learn English. I don't understand why some overly bold people want to immigrate to a country without any language knowledge and they don't even want to learn the language when they get there. OK, say that they live around their own people but they still have to respect other people that they interact by learning the language of the country where they live.

idontwantasalad

I feel the same way!

MowYourOwnLawn

I agree. I live in NW Houston and there are dozens of convenient stores here where nobody speaks english. What happened to the requirement that a citizen must have a working knowledge if the english language.

"To acquire US citizenship through naturalization, the applicant must possess US permanent resident status and meet certain requirements relating to residency , physical presence, age, good moral character, attachment to the US, and knowledge of the English language, and of US history and government.

Or some people say it like this

"The medium of instruction in the United States is English even though there is a fusion of cultures; English remains the official language for business. Hence all applicants who want to apply for USA citizenship must have proficiency in the English language on top of that they also have to show knowledge of the history and Governmental structure of the United States. For all US inhabitants, upholding the values and philosophy of the US constitution is an essential requirement and applicants will be expected to be of good character.

smellyfoot â„¢

I have never applied for a job that required me to be bilingual. But if the company thinks that their customer base would benefit and grow because of this, then they have the right to require it. It's just another job skill that the particular job requires - I don't think it's an immigration issue.

I thoroughly support enforcing immigration laws and building a fence.

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