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Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 January 2009 10:24 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 28 January 2009 10:24
From Denver Post:
Sen. Dave Schultheis says the Colorado Department of Transportation is wasting mucho dinero by running ads in Spanish that urge drivers to buckle up.
“All these ads are going to do is provide one more assimilation off-ramp for new arrivals,” said Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs. “Bilingualism in our buckle-up ads — just like bilingualism in our schools — will only encourage the further balkanization of our culture, reduce the pressure on new immigrants to learn English and make it harder in the long run for immigrants to become Americans.”