Re: Some N.C. delegates not entirely happy with president's speech

Foxx: "I would like to have had the president say English should be the official language," she said, adding that although he talked about the importance of English proficiency, he did not go far enough for her.

I rarely read a quote from Foxx without feeling a bit embarrassed for her. Surely this isn't her first complaint about the speech. The subject here is immigration and she's talking about piddly details like this? Bush stressed English proficiency, something that plenty of 'full-blooded' native-born Americans have trouble with, too. What else does she want?

Notwithstanding illegal immigration, assimilation is happening. I have yet to meet an immigrant here in the US that can't communicate with me on a basic level, and I, regretfully, speak only English. If you want to work in the US, you generally have to speak — or start the process of learning to speak — English. But that's not even the issue here. It seems to me that, as usual, simpleminded Foxx is just pandering to her likeminded constituents instead of thinking about feasible solutions.