Carpentersville English-Only Protest

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Uploaded by on Jul 5, 2007

This is a video of a town hall meeting in Carpentersville, IL, U.S.A. where an English-only ordinance was debated and voted on. This is a very intensely debated topic all over the country, since it is linked to emotionally-charged topics such as immigration, patriotism, and race.

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  • I love Spanish Viva Mexico!

  • even english is not one language,legalese,black english,cagun english,ozark english,a lawer does not speak like every day people.govt officials speak in jargon undurstandable mainly amoung themseves.vally girls dont talk like fast talking new yorkers.address education teach american english thats should be the focus. but the tide is not to value teachers or education .we americans target emigrants and not the growing ignorance of america idiocracy

  • This country does not provide provision for ANY OTHER LANGUAGES why are we doing it for hispanics? Either you learn english or you dont function in this country. If we provided for every other culture we wld have 15 languages. That is one of the requirements to become a citizen, you must know english.

  • Learn English as my family did, point blank.

  • Tell me, what was so "pressing" that they HAD to come here WITHOUT WAITING FOR PERMISSION? Could it be that their "culture" turned their country into a third-rate Third World hellhole? And if they're fleeing that...

    WHY BRING IT WITH THEM?

    And why fight to keep your language, rather than learn ours? America has bordered Mexico for 160 years, which should be JUST long enough to learn English, right?

    OR, go back home, enjoy your "culture", then come back when you're ready to assimilate!

  • Until the 1970s, those "shitty jobs" were AMERICAN-controlled, unions and all!

    Illegals are just another method of strikebusting...The presence and easy availability of illegals and "cheap" labor (Only for their owners, not for the taxpayers) keeps EVERYONE'S wages low, illegals and legals alike.

    As to having illegal relatives, it's interesting that you'd publicly admit you didn't turn them in...You have no loyalty to this country?

  • Wow, I wonder what you said that even YOU changed your mind about? Oh, YouTube sent your comment to me:

    I am a Hispanic, and I DO have relatives who ARE, and some who WERE ILLEGAL! They come here for freedom, and to live the American dream....And no- we're not "trying to take it over." We just take the shitty jobs, get paid shitty money, and don't bitch about it like those Americans who cry for not having a job, but just choose not to take shitty jobs

    If you're not taking over, why overbreed?

  • And yes, the illegals DO stay here for a reason: There is little or no consequence to their breaking the law! They can breed at our expense, and demand changes to America based on their vast numbers, then turn around and declare "racism" for enforcing OUR laws, even when the only consequence is dumping them back at the border to try again!

    I don't think reproductive irresponsibility counts as a reason to change America. Why do you?

  • I'd love diversity, but all I see lately is a mass of Spanish-speaking criminals, and fewer and fewer of other minorities...

    As to LINGUISTICAL diversity, speaking another language leads them to act and essentially BE separate. Think of the invasion of Sharia into European law, or Canada's occasional secession attempts!

    We don't want or need that here. If America's good enough to want to enter, then BECOME PART OF IT, not try to take it over! Otherwise, celebrate their "culture" at home!

  • You are a nobody. You think that America is "supposed" to be English only? No- it's not. American citizens, as well as those living in America illegally, stay in America for a reason: freedom, individual liberties, and cultural diversity- these are the things that MAKE America. People contradict themselves when they say America is GREAT because it's culturally diverse- because they then turn around and say that it "should be English-only?" America is diverse: culturally and LINGUISTICALLY!

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