I have written earlier about my attempts to
teach English during the 1986 amnesty. when a ludicrously low 40 hours of classroom instruction was required.
Every time I watch President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain or Senator Edward M. Kennedy predict that newly-amnestied aliens will “learn English”, such is my frustration that I feel like throwing something at my television.
Bush and his cronies must be fully aware that fluency—or even basic conversational skills—is not in the offing for recently-arrived illegal aliens.
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