Schwarzenegger: Don't Watch Spanish TV

California Gov. Says Immigrants Should Shun Spanish-Language Media To Learn English

(AP)  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's remarks that immigrants should avoid Spanish-language media if they want to learn English quickly left some Hispanic journalists shaking their heads.

"You've got to turn off the Spanish television set" and stay away from Spanish-language television, books and newspapers, the Republican governor said Wednesday night at the annual convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. "You're just forced to speak English, and that just makes you learn the language faster."

Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the U.S. from Austria, was responding to a question about how Hispanic students can improve academic performance. The audience included many journalists who work for Spanish-language media outlets.

"I know this sounds odd and this is the politically incorrect thing to say and I'm going to get myself in trouble," he said. "But I know that when I came to this country, I very rarely spoke German to anyone."

Some members of the audience said they were surprised by Schwarzenegger's comments.

"I'm sitting shaking my head not believing that someone would be so naive and out of it that he would say something like that," Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, said Thursday.

Nogales said immigrants need Spanish-language media to stay informed and "function in this society."

Pilar Marrero, the political editor for the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion, chuckled at the governor's comments, saying many Hispanics did not have time to learn English.

"They're too busy working," she said.

Rafael Olmeda, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, said most NAHJ members would agree with the governor's statements.

"Most people I've spoken to walked away believing that he was trying to say that we must learn English to succeed in American society," Olmeda said.

The governor's office said the statements were no different from what he has said before.

In a 2006 editorial published in the San Jose Mercury News, Schwarzenegger said English-language immersion was the best way to learn the language.

In October, the governor was criticized by Democrats when he said some Mexican immigrants "try to stay Mexican" when they come to the United States and urged them to learn English and U.S. history and "make an effort to become part of America.

Schwarzenegger has garnered more Hispanic support than most Republican governors in the past two elections despite some seemingly anti-immigration blunders — such as praising the Minutemen border militia group on a talk radio show.

On Wednesday, Schwarzenegger also lauded President Bush's push for immigration reform, saying the country has its first opportunity for change in decades. But he said the Senate's current immigration reform proposal, which failed last week, still needs more fine-tuning so it can be enforced.

[bm6005]

I think that's great!! My hat is off to her. More Spanish speaking people (legal or otherwise) should follow her example. Obviously she'll do well.

[cpaide]

Math is the language the immigrants should be learning first. Take a look at the front page of the Los Angeles Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.com/

Read about Stephanie Morales from San Fernando, which is an illegal immigrant enclave in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles.

"The 18-year-old's love of math, of numbers, integrals, derivatives...opened doors she never expected--to Stanford and Columbia, Georgetown and UC Berkley. The soon-to-be graduate of San Fernando High School has accepted Princeton University's invitation to major in economics."

[bm6005]

So trudy666;
I was just thinking that you're really curious how I while away the hours spewing my hatred on this BB. Well, actually I'm building a new house and I'd invite you out to help except I have to believe the only work you can do with your hands is to type or choke your chicken!!!

[klingon69]

And, it is not an insult, because it's true. In another place he clearly claimed that his wife's teaching job was constantly interrupted by illegals in the school causing criminal problems.
Well, unless he actually checked each and every person's papers, then he is classifying them by racist profiling.
How is saying that illegals are disrupting something make it racial? Unless YOU are profiling ALL illegals by one race, are you?
If that is the case then you are the racist!
Posted by rudy654 at 03:47 AM : Jun 18, 2007
Rudy, I have watched you on here for some time and have come to the above conclusion. I know that it doesn't matter to you, so I will simply say that you need help!
Don't bother replying to this, as I doubt, I will answer.
Bye Bye Rudy Tooty.

[klingon69]

to Mr. Arnold Shwarze-negger,
(black) (black) In German-Yiddish

Why not change your name to Arnold Black-Black, in keeping with your support for US English xenophobia?
Obviously you are not too good in German
Black=Schwartz not schwarz

I guess it shouldn't surprise that a man whose father was a nazi officer would express such views.
Posted by brianbwb at 03:31 AM : Jun 17, 2007
And what was your father?

[bm6005]

There are 6.6 billion people in the world. I fathered only two of them. I don't feel responsible for any of the balance. Talk to the heads of the world's religions and get them to stop telling their followers to f*k themselves out of a place at the table! See trudy666 I'm also a religionacist!!

[bm6005]

trudy666;

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Hasta la vista MORON!!!

[bm6005]

trudy666;

Also you've got a lot of nerve accusing me of being on the gov't dole posting away all day. Some of your posts are in the middle of the night. Who's supporting you MORON or does daddy still pay for you?

[bm6005]

trudy666;
I never stated the class interrupters caused criminal problems. You're reading between the lines with your own racist leanings. My wife knows who the illegals are. They don't make it much of a secret here. You remind me of the neo-cons. Anyone who disagrees with them is immediately accused of not being patriotic only in your case anyone who doesn't want to give the country away is a racist. So in English, "kiss my pasty white a$$"! And don't pat yourself on the back thinking you've hurt my feelings because I could give a F*k less what a pimply punk like you thinks!!!

[rudy654-2009]

"Including the USA I've lived/worked in 90 countries, and ONLY the USA permits broadcasting in a foreign language."

Oh, and Deutsche Welle is broadcasting in English from the US????

[rudy654-2009]

"Because if so, it doesn't translate very well and I'm can't interpet what you are trying to say besides once again calling someone a racist who clearly is not."

I really don't care what you can understand and what can understand!! Maybe you shouldn't rely so much on computer translations. And, it is not an insult, because it's true. In another place he clearly claimed that his wife's teaching job was constantly interrupted by illegals in the school causing criminal problems. Well, unless he actually checked each and every person's papers, then he is classifying them by racist profiling. Of course, this doesn't mean anything to the likes of you, so I could care less whether you agree or don't, just as I could care less whether you can translate what I wrote or not! Ciao a un altro razzista!

[menofoz]

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
- Marian Anderson

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
- Albert Einstein

How do we recognize the New World Order controlled puppet politicians? Friends, know the tree by the fruit it bears; the more campaign money they have, when needed, the more likely they are to be puppet politicians. However, the acid test lies in their voting records; if they advocate New World Order%u2019s projects, then we of the American struggling masses know, they must go.

[menofoz]

Previous stories:

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Illegal 'hits American jackpot' with $44,000 job, crime spree

Murder suspect %u2013 an illegal with driver's license

Illegal, 17, runs down hero cop

3 illegals beat pregnant woman

Illegal alien accused of triple homicide

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'Cop-killing' illegal snagged in Mexico

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[menofoz]

INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigrants

2006 (First Quarter) INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigrants

CRIME STATISTICS 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.

83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens.

86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens.

75% of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.

24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally

40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally

48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally

29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and federal prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion annually

[menofoz]

Border scheme built on fraud, empty promises
Thomas Sowell
Originally published June 14, 2007

With immigration, as with other issues, the most important decision is: Who is to make the decision?

It should be too obvious for words that decisions about who is to come into the United States and live among Americans should be made in the United States by Americans.

[menofoz]

Here at Mexico's own southern edge, Guatemalans cross legally and illegally to do jobs that Mexicans departing for the north no longer want. And hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from nearly two dozen other countries, including China, Ecuador, Cuba and Somalia, pass through on their way to the United States.

Mexican law authorizes only federal migration agents and federal preventive police officers to inspect cars for illegal migrants and to demand proof of legal status. But Mexican authorities acknowledge that migrants face run-ins with every level of law enforcement.

Migrants are also routinely detained by machete-wielding farmers, who extort their money by threatening to turn them over to the police. So many female migrants have been raped or coerced into ***, the authorities said, that some begin taking birth control pills a few months before embarking on the journey north.

Few are punished for such crimes, the authorities added, because the migrants rarely report them.

"This society does not see migrants as human beings, it sees them as criminals," said Lucma del Carmen Bermzdez, coordinator for a government migration agency called Grupo Beta. "The majority of the attacks against migrants are not committed by authorities, although there is still a big problem with corruption in Mexico. Most violence against migrants comes from civilians."

[menofoz]

Few politicians have made public speeches about such matters. But Deputy Foreign Minister Gersnimo Gutiirrez recently acknowledged that Mexico's immigration laws were "tougher than those being contemplated by the United States," where the authorities caught 1.5 million people illegally crossing the Mexican border last year. He spoke before a congressional panel to discuss "Mexico in the Face of the Migratory Phenomenon."

[menofoz]

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Acquiring Mexican Citizenship is an involved process, and it is not easy to do. As a minimum, you must have been living in Mexico for 5 years (2 years under special circumstances) and have resident status. Marriage to a Mexican national may allow Citizenship without the residency requirement. For matters concerning the acquisition of Mexican Citizenship, seek professional advice and contact your local Mexican Consulate.

[menofoz]

Can I be granted Mexican Citizenship?
Acquiring Mexican Citizenship is an involved process, and it is not easy to do. As a minimum, you must have been living in Mexico for 5 years (2 years under special circumstances) and have resident status. Marriage to a Mexican national may allow Citizenship without the residency requirement. For matters concerning the acquisition of Mexican Citizenship, seek professional advice and contact your local Mexican Consulate.

[menofoz]

Can I be granted Mexican Citizenship?
Acquiring Mexican Citizenship is an involved process, and it is not easy to do. As a minimum, you must have been living in Mexico for 5 years (2 years under special circumstances) and have resident status. Marriage to a Mexican national may allow Citizenship without the residency requirement. For matters concerning the acquisition of Mexican Citizenship, seek professional advice and contact your local Mexican Consulate.