Unless one’s ancestors came here prior to the 1950′s there was no real immigration policy in place. There were no criteria to enter the country.

As for accomodations made for the Spanish-speaking population…to explain that we are simply providing for an exploding population is ridiculous. The Spanish speaking population can explode (legally) until the cows come home…people that live in the United States should have to be able to communication in English. I’m not saying Spanish speaking individuals cannot use their native tongue to communicate to one another, but they must be able to understand English so that bi-lingual signs, forms, announcements, etc. are not necessary. Any national population should be able to explode in the U.S. (legally) without having to accomodate another language. I would never dream of moving to France without being able to communicate in French! I wouldn’t expect to move to another country and demand that they cater to my native language! If you don’t speak English and you want to move to the United States then LEARN English. I don’t care if you are Spanish, French, Pakistani or Polish!

As for why Spanish is found, in some places, in this country is because the Latino-American population is exploding. Again, this is a fact. If the Italian-American population were exploding at such a rate, I’m sure we’d be seeing the Italian language in many places, as well. However, that just isn’t what is happening.

And finally, as for Latinos being, “the laziest bunch of people to work the earth”, well, obviously you have some serious racist issues of your own to deal with. It’s close-minded, ill informed people such as yourself, Franceska, that are one of the saddest parts of our society today. I feel sorry for you.