They said: There are some strong currents down there in the Potomac. and we would not have "no swimming" signs in Spanish. so they wouldnt be able to read those. So they will go in there and drown. If we look back historically. we see that many Presidents had things to say about this matter. dating all the way back to Theodore Roosevelt. and as recently as a statement by Hillary Clinton in her campaign in Iowa in 2007. less than a year ago. where she said: "Youre going to have to learn English." This one goes back to 1916: Let us say to the immigrant not that we hope [they] will learn English. but that [they have] to learn English. Theodore Roosevelt was clear on this. Bill Clinton said in 1999 in his State of the Union message: We have a responsibility to make [our new immigrants] welcome here. and they have the responsibility to enter the mainstream of American life. That means learning English and learning about our democratic system of government. So everyone is in agreement. I dont know of anyone. nor any past President. who doesnt believe we are doing a great disservice by not helping our immigrants learn the English language. We will continue to promote this bill until it passes into law. It should be one of the easiest of the 15 bills that are going to approach the problem of illegal immigrants. It is my intention to continue. One of the interesting things about this is. there are 52 countries throughout the world who have English as their national language. including Ghana in West Africa.
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