Q: Why don’t immigrants want to learn English?

A: Many do, but they don’t have time. Also, acquiring a new language becomes more difficult with age. Immigrants pack local English classes several nights a week. A national study, while not differentiating legal status, found that Latinos born outside the U.S. were more likely to value learning English than U.S.-born Latinos. Ninety-six percent of foreign-born respondents said teaching English to immigrants’ children was “very important,” compared with 88 percent of U.S.-born Latinos.

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