New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs Law Exempting Taxi Drivers from Speaking English
Effective August 16, prospective New York City cab drivers will no longer have to pass an English language proficiency test to get... Read More
New Calif. Education Bill Won’t Compensate for Overpopulation, Over-Immigration
Sacramento is embroiled in a nasty feud over a familiar subject – school accountability. The 2013 Local Control Funding Formula hopes to... Read More
Refugee Relocation Reality Comes to KS
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” In August, I wrote about the Wichita K-12 school system and its enrollment... Read More
Census Bureau: Fewer Immigrants Speaking English at Home
Are They Missing Out on American Dream? As a retired ESL instructor who spent 25 years teaching California’s immigrants how to speak... Read More
No English? No Worries, SSDI Coffers Are Open Anyway
When I read that an inability to speak English isn’t a deterrent to receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), I wasn’t surprised.... Read More
Lobbyists Want Citizenship for Aliens but Aliens Would Settle (Gladly) for Less
I watched Tuesday’s House Judiciary hearing on immigration, no small feat since the session took more than eight hours. You can see... Read More
Immigration Cheerleaders Use New Word for Illegal Aliens: "Unauthorized"
The Public Policy Institute of California has unintentionally given the state’s residents a good laugh with its new report, "Unauthorized Immigrants in... Read More
Want a High School Diploma? Learn English!
Connecticut may have discovered the solution to California’s K-12 education crisis. New London’s board of education recently approved a measure stating that,... Read More