There are certain clues we give them in terms of how you fully participate. And the official ballot is one of the most important clues. There was mention a little earlier about some Members being on the Subcommittee on Immigration. I am privileged to serve on that subcommittee. One of the things we have discovered with respect to the acceptance of refugees in the community is the degree of their ability to speak English. We have found more and more that no matter how much money we pour out to assist them. we cannot get them off welfare if they do not learn English. You can be a Ph. D. from Vietnam and not be able to get a job if you do not have simple English skills. You can be unskilled. but knowing English you can have a job in southern California. We have made mistakes in terms of directing our refugee program there. That ought to give us a clue here. We are not talking about getting rid of bilingual ballots in those areas where we have established some evidentiary findings that there has been some discrimination.
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Refugees cannot get off welfare if they do not learn English.