Originally posted by petlover:
My good friend and my real estate partner for years came here from Mexico...legally at the age of 28. We went to lunch last week and talked about all this. She is quite upset and feels that allowing all the immigrants here illegally is a slap in her face and for those that did it the legal way. Her real pet peeve is those that come here and make little or no attempt to learn English when they offer free ESL (English as a Second Language) classes at our Fullerton Adult Ed college.
Marcie,
Talking from my own experience most LEGAL immigrants in this country feel the same way as your friend, We came here, learned the language, assimilated and love this country as our own. When people ask me ( because I have a Spanish accent) "Where are you from?" I always answer "I'm an American". But a lot of these new "immigrants" don't want to assimilate, do not want to embrace the culture or the language. I used to teach ESL but had to stop doing it because most people there were more interested in "networking" to find out were to get freebies(including illegal ID's) or to bash the USA. I got fed up with it and didn't volunteer anymore.
I'm not saying everyone is like that, of course not. But unfortunately a big % are.
