Those legally searching for a better life.


	Those legally searching for a better life.

Danndie

5-3-2007 1:35 PM

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immigration, america

Danndie says:

I want to learn another language because it is what i want, not because that language has taken over as Americas 1st spoken language. Not so I CAN get a job, and not because i am now the minority!

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