Tellingly. it remains the highest of any ethnic groupfour times higher than that of most other groups and another example from U.S. News. three times higher than that of AfroAmericans. Mr. Speaker. for most of our Nations history. America gave the children of immigrants a precious giftan education in the English language. As each new wave of immigrants arrived on these shores. our public school system taught their sons and daughters English so they could claim their piece of the American dream. What are we doing for these new Americans today? Instead of a firstrate education in English. our bilingual education programs are consigning an entire generation of new Americansunable to speak. understand. and use English effectivelyto a secondclass future.
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