A liberal migration group says, ‘why, yes, you should!’
From the Zero!
Communities nationwide are failing to keep pace with a swelling demand among immigrants for English classes, a national study has found. And unless the investment in English instruction quadruples to an estimated $4 billion each year for the next six years, the widening language gap could prove costly for tomorrow’s taxpayers.
The [(Liberal) Migration Policy Institute] institute estimates that an additional $200 million a year for the next six years should be spent to help 5.8 million legal immigrants speak English well enough to pass citizenship tests and to assimilate socially. In addition, about $2.9 billion a year for the next six years should be spent to help 6.4 million illegal immigrants to achieve proficiency.
For state Rep. Linda Flores, R-Clackamas, investing in adult English education hinges on one question: Is the person in the country legally? If so, Oregon should encourage and support English learning. If not, taxpayers should not be expected to pay to teach illegal immigrants English, she said.
If you can’t pay to learn English should you be allowed to emigrate here? There are DOZENS of community colleges, private institutions, private tutors to teach English. English is the language of success. Should we allow people who can’t make it emigrate here?