that when someone immigrated to the USA, it was an automatic that they assimilate into what is considered to be "our" culture now......learn English, abide by our laws, work or start a business, contribute. If you couldn't speak English, your children learned it in school and taught their parents enough to get by at the very least. There were no interpreters or translators in the schools until the 1960's when Spanish became such a liberal issue that no longer did the immigrant Spanish speaking children have to actually learn English......banks, hospitals, government offices, etc. across the country began having 'requirements' for job applicants that they be bi-lingual....even to the point that all automated answering machines at places of business gave you 'press 1 for English' crap.
Bending over backwards to accommodate rather than enforcing USA 'unwritten' but long accepted rules has been our downfall and it continues to spiral into decline.........You come here, sometimes at your own personal risk even illegally, because we have so much that appeals to you, and then turn around and demand that 'we' change to 'your' liking instead of the other way around.
Does not providing free translation services for the non-English speaking or limited proficiency English speaking persons amount to discrimination under the term "national origin" as defined in federal law?
I ask this as it's been published in the local news that school districts are being sued on that basis. Right no it's largely focused on special needs students in the public education system. The lawsuit is being brought by the parents of these students. It's not about their children being under-served but about themselves being under-served in that they cannot communicate with the educational system regarding their children. I can agree that we have a problem here and I applaud any parent that wants to participate in doing whatever is best for their child. I just don't see what national origin has to do with it.
Geesh...we have American born kids that took many years of English in school and I can barely understand what they say and write. ![]()

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