People from Miami believe that they represent the entire country I guess. Anywhere that you go in Miami, you must speak Spanish. It is like a Third World and you will feel like a stranger in your own country. Congressman David Riviera of Cuban heritage, has been rather controversial to say the least. His latest scheme, STARS, wouldn't have anything to do with his Hispanic heritage, would it?
NumbersUSA says, Rep. David Rivera (R-Miami) has proposed legislation that would legalize illegal aliens once they graduate high school and enter a four-year college or university. Rep. Rivera announced his legislation with a high school valedictorian, Daniela Palaez, who will be attending Dartmouth University in the fall.
Rep. Rivera believes that his STARS Act is superior to the DREAM Act because it requires illegal aliens to graduate from high school (instead of requiring only a GED) and it requires students to attend a four-year institution. It’s a modified version of the controversial DREAM Act, the long-stalled legislation that would allow undocumented students to remain in the country.
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At the announcement, Palaez said: "We've been here for a long time, we were raised here, and we deserve to stay here.... "I'm very proud and honored that my path has started something and I'm actually making a difference. My community, my classmates who started it all, this is the fruit of our labor."
Even Marco Rubio supports this bill.
This statement can be a little harsh and taken the wrong way. I am American born first language English, second Spanish, you do not have to speak Spanish in Miami, they speak English too. It is not third world, it is the USA, not all Latin countries are third world, Spain and many in South America would take offense to this. At least this STARS Act thing sounds a little better than the Dream Act, at least we will be keeping the educated immigrants anyway. That is what Canada does to attract immigrants, only wants educated ones. I never feel like a stranger when I go to Miami and I am from NY originally. Living overseas helps too, gives you a good perspective to appreciate the diversity we have in this country. We have just as much right here in Lake Worth too with the large Guatemalan and Central American population. Just my point of view on it all.
ReplyDelete"People from Miami believe that they represent the entire country I guess. Anywhere that you go in Miami, you must speak Spanish. It is like a Third World and you will feel like a stranger in your own country."
I think we all need to unite and stop all the division in this city, state, country, and world since we really are all God's children under one God and world. A borderless world might be the best thing for us to have, men put way too many limits and restriction on themselves, I don't think God intended it all this way. If we could all just live by the Golden Rule we wouldn't need so many other rules and laws and division of states and countries, when you are in an airplane looking down at earth, you do not seeing any divisions/lines separating lands and people, men do this, and it really is harmful for all of us.
ReplyDeleteWell, you say that Spanish is your 2nd language so I can understand why you might be comfortable in Miami. Personally, if someone takes offense at what I wrote, so be it. I am offended going into shops where everyone is speaking a foreign language. They should at least learn our language and speak it.
ReplyDeleteSTARS is much better than the Dream Act.
I understand somewhat how you feel. I do not speak Creole and when I go into Publix and the cashiers are speaking in their native tongue, Creole, or even laughing, you feel like they are talking about you, it just seems rude to speak in another language when other can hear you and you do not know what they are saying, so yes, I agree 100%. I see the same thing with the Haitian guys at the gym here locally, they all speak Creole and are loud speakers too, and there are so many of them, they out number you if you are white, and you feel like you are in Port o Prince. It seems nowadays so many immigrants don't try to speak English here in the USA, they put their flags all over their cars and houses, prancing around as if they are so proud to be from Haiti or whereever, but quite frankly, if Haiti or Guatemala were better, maybe they would have stayed in their own country, I sometimes do not understand that mentality, they hated their country and could not live or making it there, they had to leave and have a better life here, yet push it in the face of everyone else where they are from. How would a sociologist explain this phenomenon?
ReplyDeleteCritobal Colon discovered what we call America in 1492, all for Spain, since then, we have placed this beautiful land in your trust, now we want it back.
ReplyDeleteDon 't agree with first commenter. You do need to speak spanish or spanglish in 80% of Miami. There is a different mind set there and the Cubans brought their culture with them and it's reflected in their politics and life style. In Miami the Venezuelans can't stand the Cubans the Cubans can't stand the other latin interlopers.
ReplyDeleteBeside, the way the F cats are handled they would not pass the citizenship test.
There is absolutely no reason that they could not on as an individual apply for citizen ship and pass that test. especially if they were raised here. Unless, they feel allegiance to their home country. But to hand them this precious gift without earning it. NO
Ms, Lynn guay don yu guant os tu stey jere. Gui ar gud pipol an work jard tu guatch ur kids an tu clin your jouse. Please, I need a breik just laik you.
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ReplyDeleteWell, Juan is it??? Tell one of your open border socialist friends to teach you English and apply for US citizenship. Do it the legal way, Juan. Get educated and then perhaps you won't have to clean someone's house all the while speaking in Spanish or pigeon English. Stop breaking the law. Turn yourself into ICE.
Eso fue hermoso, Juan de Dios Ramos! Ella no entendió la broma!
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¡Entendía la broma, anónima!
ReplyDeleteSo Lynn, Have you learned the Seminole language yet? They were here first.
ReplyDeleteYEah, and most everyone on the Planet migrated from Africa at one point in time...SO? I suppose we should revert back to before our constitution was ratified in 1787...maybe even further than that when there were no laws at all? Give back Texas to Mexico, etc. Socialists would love that...no laws and everyone poor as dirt. Even the Seminoles are wealthy today with their gambling licenses. You probably want to take that away from them and distribute proceeds to all those with their hands out. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Americas belong to the indigenous peoples first, we came here from Spain, England etc. and killed them off either with our weapons or our illnesses that they were not ready for. I watched Nat Geo last night about how the Aztecs were all killed off, it is sad what the white did to the American Indians to claim the USA as a new country, we wiped out an entire society/civilization, we forget about what our forefathers did, this country is not ours, there is no such thing as the USA or any country really, it is all man made and invented, God did not make these countries, hateful men who were greedy and who wanted power and control, did this. Einstein knew this too, he said, "Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty." We need to stop thinking the way we do and shift and think at a higher level, helping all our brothers and sisters in this world.
ReplyDeleteI guess Miami doesn't look like third world, it is still USA and I love going there on vacation. I personally don't speak Spanish and I'm totally fine while I'm there.
ReplyDeleteAll we have to do is just do our best to live together in our country which is originally full of immigrants.
We are a country of immigrants or we are descendents of immigrants. The difference here is LEGAL and ILLEGAL. Do you beleive in laws, Tom?
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