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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](However, I totally agree with your post. They should def. know English at this point. If they weren't catered to so much with everything written in Spanish, it might help. No one posted signs in Italian or German everywhere, to cater to my ancestors. And for that I'm proud; as well as the fact that they were legal immigrants.)[/quote]

In cities with immigrant enclaves, there were areas where signs were in the heritage languages. Also, it was far easier to be a legal immigrant in the 1800's because there were no laws against immigration. Immigrants were treated badly for a generation or two, though. Usually, they were leaving such terrible conditions in their home countries that they were happy for even the menial jobs available here. Most Americans whose background is from Europe or the British Isles have at least one and usually more ancestors who came here to escape poverty and started out in America at the bottom of the employment ladder. Yes, circumstances are different today, but many of us have an immigration story in our family histories.
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