Should the government force US businesses to employ people who do not speak English?

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by Angela S. Young

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According to an article by Steve Elliot, president of Grassfire.org Alliance, our federal government is targeting businesses that "require employees to speak English on the job. Yes, I said our federal government! In one case, they have filed a suit against the Salvation Army saying their policy of speaking English on the job is a "civil rights" violation. The government office targeting those who wish foreign nationals to learn and speak English if on their payroll is the Equal Opportunities Commission (EEOC).

Elliot says that "over 200 similar charges" were filed last year. To add to the matter, Nancy Pelosi, along with Congress' Hispanic Caucus, is "teaming up" to prevent efforts to stop these EEOC attacks on our businesses attempting to require English.

A provision was added to the "Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill (HR 3093, S. 1745)" by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) that would stop these "legal attacks". Senate and House both agreed to the amendment, but may give in to pressure from Pelosi and others and removed the amendment. They were threatened with a "stonewall" of other house bills if they wouldn't remove it. This will be voted on before Christmas 2007.

My response to this news was to send an email to Pelosi to tell her what I think! The Speaker of the House, Pelosi, and the Hispanic Caucus are trying to help the EEOC to "devalue the English language".

The time has come my friends to push our government to not only pass this bill as is, but to declare English the official language of the United States.

Yes, we have immigrants coming in, legal and illegal, all the time. Legal immigrants are required to learn English to become citizens. Illegal aliens are not. This is another blatant move to integrate illegal aliens into our culture. They are forcing US businesses to hire non-English speaking people.

In the case of the Salvation Army, they posted the English only prominently and gave people a year to learn the language. What are we going to do? Will we force companies to hire interpreters for their employees who speak no English? Will we all be required to speak Spanish to be hired so we can accommodate those who speak no English?

United States citizens have let their voice be known that they do not want amnesty or drivers licenses for illegal aliens. Now it is time to let them know we won't tolerate them manipulating and forcing their own agenda in an effort to keep our companies from requiring one coherent language in their employees. Just from a chaos standpoint, as employees cannot speak to one another or speak to customers makes this a bad move.

If you want to come to the US and work, you need to know enough English to get by. This is another example of the attacks by certain members of government, pushing an agenda that is not the will of the people.

Fortunately, we are still a democratic republic that allows our people to speak their minds. The time has come to put a halt to the manipulation and outright coercion that is slowly but surely eroding our freedoms and changing our country into something we won't even recognize in a few more years.

So I urge you to call, write, fax, do anything you can to let these people know we won't stand for it. Let's return to a United States that takes better care of its citizens than its illegal aliens.

Nancy Pelosi contact information: 202/225-4965
The bill is: H.R. 3093
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http://www.grassfir e.org/25042/offer.as p?rid=14313682

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