Schwarzenegger gets into trouble for this?
Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the U.S. from Austria, recently told a group of Hispanic journalists that immigrants should stay away from Spanish-language television, books and newspapers.
"You've got to turn off the Spanish television set," Schwarzenegger said Wednesday night at the annual convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in San Jose, Calif. "You're just forced to speak English, and that just makes you learn the language faster."
Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., called the governor's advice a "typical sound bite solution to an important issue," said Jim Dau, a spokesman for Sanchez.
Sanchez said immigrants face the challenge of taking an ESL course because of long lines and up to a three-year wait to get into a class.
A Hispanic advocacy group said Schwarzenegger's comments show his "ignorance on immigration issues." . . . .
Is Sanchez saying that these immigrants can only learn English if the government provides it? Possibly if they followed Schwarzenegger's advice, they wouldn't have to rely so much on the government program.
UPDATE: Here is a video of Arnold and Neil Cavuto discussing it here.
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posted by John Lott at 5:32 PM
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Apparently the Governator's critics forget that he arrived in American speaking virtually no English and with pennies in his pocket, but with hard work he lived the Horatio Alger story. But perhaps I am at fault here. Perhaps it is impossible for those who speak Spanish to learn English without massive government assistance while Germans can do it on their own as Arnold did?
Fascinating that simple statements of common sense can provoke such indignation.
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