I'm sick of hearing "You need to learn Spanish because there are so many Spanish speaking people here." Why should the U.S. spend billions of dollars a year for foreign language studies, particularly Spanish, if the Mexicans are coming here? Just because there's an influx of illegal Mexicans jumping the border, we have to emphasize on Spanish?? I don't think the Mexican government would be so kind if many Americans moved to Mexico. They probably wouldnt stress English studies just to better comfort Americans living in their own country. Shouldn't immigrants be required to know basic English, instead of virtually requiring the American population to learn their language?
Although it is good to know Spanish, it shouldn't be the preferred language to learn? For example, many parents in the U.S. make their kids learn spansh BECAUSE of the influx of mexicans here. it's nonsense to accomodate foreigners(many illegal) so royally. I want to learn Italian, but no, Spanish will be better for my future because of this issue
you don't understand; I acknowledge that is better for my future and in some cases I will be payed more, but my point is that shouldn't be!
It shoudn't be that Spanish in particular will help me the most in my future; it shouldn't be that knowing particularly Spanish will earn me a higher paycheck, it shouldn't be that Mexican immigrants are influencing America so much!

By the way, for another person, if knowing basic English was made an actual amendment, wouldn't it be a clean slate? The politicians wouldn't be able get the advantage from the immigrants that way.
Although not all spanish speaking people are mexicans, can you tell me that if there were no illegal mexicans in the us, spanish would still be as popular in the us? no, you cant. I just think that if the mexican immigrants were finally kept at a limit, and the borders were enforced, the mexicans in the us wouldnt be able to say "there are so many of us here, so that's why you guys should learn our language instead of french, italian, chinese, etc. but whatever, i've decided to stop added on to this post because after reading the feedback, I've begun to realize that any argument in favor of the mexicans can be struck down with a counterexample just as valid, if not more valid than the original. It's just not right that so many mexicans are in our country, and even more so that we are accomodating them, despite whether or not english is hard to learn. WE live here now, and have lived here for the past centuries, so either respect where you're invading or get out please!

in English? I've noticed that this group of foreigners are very actively disturbed when you speak Spanish to them? I speak Spanish better than most AMericans and have lived long periods of time in Latin countries. Why is this? I have seen them get down right angry about it?
Anti sucks: Yeah, I kinda got that impression myself. They think they have something over on us. Ha! Littld do they know. Just another point. I complained in a social group when a couple of our well bi lingual hispanics started chatting it up in front of the rest of us in Spanish. I tolde them in Spanish, we live in the USA, please speak English for the rest of the goup. They laughed and agreed. But someone else who was a Latin LaRaza type hit the ceiling because I had asked for this consideration from my friends. Turned into quite a hoopla. Thankfully the crazy Latin isn't around anymore. Maybe she went back to Mexico ..I can hope.
Tita: Latin friends are not the problem. It's those who one doesn't know. While I agree with you generally, I have found Latins (mostly Mexican) who do not know me, to be very hostile when I attempt Spanish with them, as if it is an insult. They have no problem speaking it to each other however. Seems kinda like they have this special ability they share and when a Gringo comes along and has it too, they don't like it. Almost feels like racism to me perhaps?

All the Mexicans who go to english classes can always have Foreign friends, but many americans can't even have one UNLESS they are loud and social kind of americans who push themselves onto these foreign students they see in buses or try to pick up forieng girls. I'm not that kind of person. But i want to meet some foreigners, and yet i don't see any avenues in which to meet them. Conversation partner programs fail for me cause i'm not a loud american with broad vocabulary. i'm just a quiet type of person. Finding foreigners in craigslists.com, sometimes work but the friendship never works cause they see i'm not a typical american and then they don't even want to be my friends.

So it seems only ESL Mexican students, or TYPICAL OUTGOING AMEricans( that sound and act kind of like people in american tv) are the only ones that can get foreign friends. If we are a different breed of american, then we have no chances.

our city - Hanoi. There is no mexican restaurant around, and our targeted customers are foreigners who come to Hanoi. I just want to know if you guys love mexican food? if you came over here, would you like to go to a mexican restaurant here. We would make everything mexican. Could you guys suggest the name for the restaurant, i don't want something like texmex, want something relating to mexican culture. Please help, i will choose the best answer. Thank you in advance.