Immigration laws make for some more PR work for the U.S.
Immigration is a touchy subject these days. In fact, for the past two weeks in my Intercultural Communication class, we have had assignments dicussing some of the issues related to immigration and how our government should respond to the influx in hispanic immigrants in recent years.
Now I know I have a knack for stirring up controversy in my posts which is not usually intended. So for this post I am really just wanting to ask how the government should handle worldwide and internal PR as criticism will be flying about any action our country takes against illegal immigrants, or in situations enforcing English as the only national language.
In many cases, and for instance with forcing foreign citizens to take a driver’s license exam in English, the U.S. is no different than the majority of other countries toward non-native speakers. If I moved to Italy and wanted to be able to become a citizen and drive in that country, you better bet that probably all of the paperwork and tests I would be completing would be done in old italiano.