I completely believe that the US needs to have one single language. We need to be able to say that if you are coming to this country to live, you must speak English. You must be able to fully carry on a conversation. I know, it sounds harsh. After all, is it really fair to offer asylum to people in need, and then hold the offer out like a piece of candy dangling inches out of the grasp of a child- just because someone can't speak English?
Yes.
Because we have laws, and if you can't speak English, we can't know if you really understand them. And, then when you break them- the cost of finding someone who can speak whatever tongue you speak falls upon the court. And, when the court fails to find someone- things like this happen:
There's more to it than that. Like the fact that this pervert spoke in English to the detectives. And that they actually had found translators, but the judge said "too late". But, that matters little now- because he's currently free to rape more children...
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Yes.
Because we have laws, and if you can't speak English, we can't know if you really understand them. And, then when you break them- the cost of finding someone who can speak whatever tongue you speak falls upon the court. And, when the court fails to find someone- things like this happen:
A 7-year-old girl said she had been raped and repeatedly molested over the course of a year. Police in Montgomery County, acting on information from a relative, soon arrested a Liberian immigrant living in Gaithersburg. They marshaled witnesses and DNA evidence to prepare for trial.
What was missing -- for much of the nearly three years that followed -- was an interpreter fluent in the suspect's native language. A judge recently dropped the charges, not because she found that Mahamu Kanneh had been wrongly accused but because repeated delays in the case had, in her view, violated his right to a speedy trial.
There's more to it than that. Like the fact that this pervert spoke in English to the detectives. And that they actually had found translators, but the judge said "too late". But, that matters little now- because he's currently free to rape more children...(Image borrowed from NewYorkCityTShirts.com. Go ahead, buy one now.)