Thread: They Don't Want to Assimlate

They Don’t Want To Assimilate—Joe’s Conclusion After Twenty Years On Immigration Front Line
By Joe Guzzardi

In June the Lodi Adult School, where I have been an English as a Second Language Instructor for nearly twenty years, will be torn down.

The classes will be moved to the Lincoln Technical Academy, a renovated landmark building in Lodi which will also house the Regional Occupational Program, G.E.D. and high school diploma for dropouts.

The razing of the Adult School marks a good time for me to evaluate, especially in light of the ongoing White House push for amnesty, my two-decade long involvement with the immigrant community—both legal and illegal.

Given what I have seen on the front line since 1986 (coincidentally, the year of the Reagan amnesty), I can say without hesitation that any amnesty, guest worker program, “Z-visas” or so-called “path to citizenship” scheme could well doom the United States.

However the bureaucrats may phrase their language, clever thinkers—the aliens themselves or their immigration lawyers—will always be able to work around it.

With the rare exception, most immigrants who have gone to my classes have shown little interest in becoming American citizens.

A significant percentage attended only because they were part of a federal or county program that mandated their presence.

From the very beginning, I noticed that immigrants were quick to look for ways around the system and use them to their own benefit.

An example: in the mid-1980s the Adult School had a large plot of land behind it that was made available to students so that they could grow their own vegetables. The quid pro quo was that they had to regularly attend classes.

In the early morning, before class, I would walk outside and watch the South East Asian students irrigate their bok choy and the Mexicans plant their beans.

Then I noticed that, over time, fewer and came inside for English instruction. Even though the “students” didn’t hold up their part of the bargain, they continued to plant their gardens promising that they would return to class soon.

But they never did.

Little did I know two decades ago that excuses—rarely credible— would be the common denominator that immigrants used for not assimilating.

Some excuse—most often involving a sick child—was always offered.

Of course, a single anecdotal incident is not necessarily typical.

But as it turned out, and as I learned painfully over the years, even in the non-English speaking neighborhood where the school is located, immigrants are unwilling to walk across the street to participate in free classes.

The same is true of classes in other areas of town. At satellite campuses in other sections of Lodi and north Stockton, no one cares much about learning what it means to be an American.

Whether the classes are held during the morning, the mid-afternoon or the early evening, plenty of seats are always available.

This is the type of indifferent behavior that George W. Bush wants to reward with amnesty?

If Bush really wants to learn about immigration into America today, he shouldn’t be consulting with Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

Bush should be talking to…me.

Someone who actually knows something about immigration.

When you think about it, what meaningful interaction do either Bush or Kennedy have with typical immigrants?

Of course, Bush has no interest in realities.

And that’s why we are where we are today.

Joe Guzzardi [e-mail him] is the Editor of VDARE.COM Letters to the Editor. In addition, he is an English teacher at the Lodi Adult School and has been writing a weekly newspaper column since 1988. This column is exclusive to VDARE.COM.

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If Bush really wants to learn about immigration into America today, he shouldn’t be consulting with Senator Edward M. Kennedy. 

Bush should be talking to…me.

..... and listening to the people, but it is obvious that does not fit into his agenda!

I know they had articles in the paper here where Chicago business owners...in this particular article it was a restaurant owner...who paid and arranged for his employees to just go and take these classes. They didn't go. When I lived in Nebraska and even here....I'm always seeing on church signs or notices in the paper at local libraries.....free English classes.......they don't want them. Yet I keep hearing the hispanic groups claim they need federal money to work with the community to learn English. I don't get it. Why do they need federal money when there's tons of people VOLUNTEERING to help?

No, they don't want to assimilate. I lived right across the street from illegal aliens and they I saw this first hand. They refused to get their garbage hauled so they started piling it up behind the house. The fact that they live 20+ in one small house is sick and proves that they only want money. This is against the law to do these things but there isn't anything that citizens can do to stop it because this is in the Feds hands and they don't want to enforce the laws that are on the books.

This needs to change as is the intention of the elites to create the new world order by putting all the countries under a few select nations. The human spirit needs to say, enough!

We American citizens are saying ENOUGH and we are going to say it loudly until they listen!!!!

Welcome to ALIPAC hera4069

I lived on the front lines for 30 years in a suburb of Los Angeles. It finally got so bad I was forced to move out of the county. I never did see any interest on the part of the illegals in becoming an American. They wanted their own culture and that was that. They had no interest in learning our language. For the most part they were here for the jobs and the money. Much of the money was sent home to fix up their homes in Mexico and when they had everything they needed many moved back to mexico.

The bad problem was with their children. They were prone to join gangs and commit crimes, sell drugs, spray everything in sight with graffiti, and boy do they like to steal cars. They are armed to the teeth with firearms and shoot at each other day and night with no regard for innocent bystanders.

These are a few of the things the elitist politicians need to see first hand before they have any right to tell us what is best. Unfortunately, This ain't gonna happen so it is up to us to get out the message.