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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's true that the Spanish-speakers are cleaning houses and mowing lawns for the most part. And that most of them are here illegally.

And while you're at it, plug in local ZIP codes in the Family Watchdog sites and notice how many sex offender violations are directed to the address of the INS/immigration offices. Nice, huh? [/quote]

This has nothing to do with Spanish immersion classes. What does one have to do with the other?[/quote]

The so-called "usefulness" of Spanish vs. the fact it is being pushed as a language, including in schools, because of the millions who are breaking our laws and we don't do anything about it except absorb their language. [/quote]

I'm all for cracking down on illegal aliens (but that's another topic for the Politics section), but the purpose of Spanish immersion, or any of the immersion schools, is not to "absorb" the language of illegals. We have Japanese, German, and French immersion schools. Are those languages being "pushed" because of illegals? No. The students are still learning social studies and language arts in their native language of English, while they are at the same time learning another. Maybe it's Spanish, maybe it's something else. Did you have to take a foreign language in high school? Almost everyone has, for decades now, in order to graduate. It's no different, except for most people it's easier to learn at an early age.[/quote]

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