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U.S. needs to 'Americanize' immigrants, or face trouble, federal task force says - Salt Lake Tribune
Washington The United States must embark on an aggressive effort to integrate immigrants, including teaching them English and U.S. history, a federal task force recommended Thursday. If this "Americanization" fails, the nation could see major problems in 20 or 30 years, with foreign-born ...
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The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] U.S. needs to 'Americanize' immigrants, or face trouble, federal task force says By Eunice Moscoso Cox News Service Washington The United States must embark on an aggressive effort to integrate immigrants, including teaching them English and U.S. history, a federal task force recommended Thursday. If this "Americanization" fails, the nation could see major problems in 20 or 30 years, with foreign-born populations detached from the larger society and engaging in anti-social behavior, said Alfonso Aguilar, who heads the U.S. Office of Citizenship. Aguilar compared the ...

Marisa Treviño: Proposed "Americanization Movement" Targeting Immigrants Is Flawed
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... In align with their objectives, the Task Force released a report this week that advises the federal government to take a leadership role in an "Americanization movement." What they want to see happen is an aggressive effort to teach immigrants English and U.S. History. Otherwise, Task Force officials feel: ...

HMM: U.S. needs to ‘Americanize’ immigrants, or face trouble, federal task force says. One differe…
Instapundit — ... HMM: U.S. needs to ‘Americanize’ immigrants, or face trouble, federal task force says. One difference between today and the previous wave of immigration a hundred years ago is that now the folks in charge of education, etc., are entirely unconvinced of the worthiness of “Americanizing” anyone. ...

Larwyn's Christmas Eve Links
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... and Verizon from skewing the rules in favor of or against certain types of content and services that run over their networks. The investors behind the next Skype or Amazon need to be sure that their hard work won't be thwarted by an arbitrary decision on the part of one of the gatekeepers of the Net. GM downgraded by Credit Suisse - The Street How the Feds will govern GM and Chrysler - Yahoo! Finance Why America is shunning GM - US News & World Report U.S. needs to 'Americanize' immigrants, or face trouble, federal task force says - Salt Lake ...

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