Should the U.S. have the same laws pass and applied to every legal immigrant seeking asylum, PR, and citizenship? I have always believed that 5 years is more than enough time for any foreigner to learn the basic language of the host country. Not 3 generations. Italy makes immigrants speak Italian for work visa http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110305/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_speak_our_language;_ylt=AgSjuIQwAJDj9ZeS0IZnxGC9IxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNmdTdvY2tmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzA1L2V1X2l0YWx5X3NwZWFrX291cl9sYW5ndWFnZQRjY29kZQNtcF9lY184XzEwBGNwb3MDNwRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2l0YWx5bWFrZXNpbQ-- Your thoughts! Considering that every President of the U.S. has cited that English is the spoken language here.... I'd say that pretty much establishes that English is the official language....
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As soon as the USA adopts an official language, it will be one step closer to implementing something like this. And NO, "Merican" is not the same as "English". They may have some things in common, but it is NOT the same language.
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Just to add a point of view from inside: Italy is doing this just to add obstacles to immigrants, not because we really need immigrants proficient in Italian. This is the reason why we ask language skills but we don't offer any teaching program to immigrants. Moreover: this law has been asked and promoted by the North League party. Imagine the British National Party, made by less educated, more xenophobic people. Probably 95% of their MPs would not pass an Italian proficiency test. Don't take THIS Italy as a benchmark. In these years we are not planning a wise immigration policy.
