Should all immigrants be required to know, understand and speak English?

Answer 1

to become a citizen... yes.
how you gonna be a citizen of a country that you cant speak the language of?

Answer 2

Not necessarily.

What if the immigrant can only sign American Sign Language? What if s/he can only sign British Sign Language? Or some other sign language?

What if the immigrant is living in Puerto Rico where the territorial language is Spanish?

What if the immigrant is a First Canadian with Jay Treaty rights: whethr that Canadian "Indian" speaks English, French or a native tribal language? (The Jay Treaty exempts such persons ("of the 50% blood") from any restriction on migration anyway.

What if the immigrant is a member of the Tohono O'odham or the Texas Kickapoo tribe which straddle the Mexican border?

What if the immigrant speaks Hawaiian or a Polynesian language close to it? Hawaiian and Indian languages are protected under Federal law.

What if the immigrant is a spouse? My daughter who was sent to New York by her employer (and is a bilingual dual national) is marrying a Frenchman who speaks rather little English (he's an IT manger in Paris, so he can read English, obviously). Should my daughter be denied the right to marry the man of her choice?

Always remember THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES! And I've only scratched the surface, from memory and without thinking much about the problem.

(Anyway NAFTA gives certain rights to Mexican and Canadian migrants of professional and managerial stature without respect to language skills, so your idea would never fly -- even without considering family reunification matters.)

Answer 3

The English language has become an international voice, almost everywhere in the modern world English is spoken, so coming to a country who's language is English sounds only reasonable to me.

Answer 4

My grandfather didn't, and he help build Empire State Building, State Prison in Ny, a buncha sidewalks that are still used today. My other Granpaw couldn't speak English well either, he fought in Cuba, France,Germany later became a Railroad Engineer.
There was another man that wanted National Country,National Language,National Peoples, Adolph Hitler.
My Daddy fought him in WWII. I think we won.

Answer 5

English testing should be a requirement for U.S. citizenship. Testing should also be encouraged for prospective employees who will be working with the English speaking public.

Answer 6

I would suggest all immigrants learn English, as a matter of convenience to them and to everyone they interact with. Should it be a law? Well, that I don't know.

Answer 7

Yes they should. After all, they need to be able to fit in the society. They should start with simple hello.. please...how are you... Its only polite to try to speak lanquage of people who offer enough support. Undestanding english would also make their life much easier, more chances in communicating, socialising, been active. It's only beneficial if they at least try. They should.

Answer 8

To be here and work it's probably not necessary to have English language skills, but to become a citizen it should be required.

Answer 9

Absolutely

Answer 10

It is part of the requirement to become a citizen. (with a few exceptions)
But apparently that part isn't enforced like some of our other immigration laws.



U.P.

Answer 11

Yes