Dionne Jr. for his recent article published in the Washington Post entitled. "Divisive In Any Language". in which it describes how the argument surrounding the English Language can become more of a tool to divide instead of unity. It is my belief that all who seek to enter our borders understand the vital importance of learning English. for it is the path to any route of social mobility. The immigrants of the past have understood the importance of learning English just as those who come today do. English must not be seen as a barrier to upward mobility. but as an extremely useful device that opens up the doors to opportunity. This "American Dream" that we speak of so often seems to now be under fire from those who have made the dream a reality. or who are the beneficiaries of a dream sought many years ago by their forbearers. It is now those who have since benefited from the "American Dream" who seek to shut the door on the hopes and aspirations of others. To create amendments in our laws and especially in the Senate immigration bill that explicitly say that English is the language of this land will indeed be disrespectful to our current large population of Spanishspeaking members. Dionne pointedly says this will be "legally and formally" disrespectful in a way earlier generations of immigrants fromjust a partial listGermany. Italy. Poland.
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