A Philadelphia City Councilwoman wants more of city government more accessible to those who don’t speak English.
Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez wants to mandate that all offices coming up with “language access plans” to ensure language barriers don’t keep residents from city services.
“A real language access plan,” she said. ‘One that would allow the departments to plan some goals and achieve them and that they are monitored to insure that the new immigrant friendly Philadelphia is speaking to all of its constituents.”
Quinones-Sanchez says Mayor Michael Nutter has demanded such access through executive orders, but her proposed change to the city charter would solidify it for the future. More.
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Chile
Local time: 22:48
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Also, the lady promoting this action should really insist that her surname be written correctly: Quiñones. ▲ Collapse
Spanyolország
Local time: 04:48
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The proposal sounds like a recipe for trouble. I agree that promoting English for immigrants is a better course to take.
Egyesült Államok
Local time: 20:48
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Many immigrants won't learn English or won't learn much, especially Spanish speakers. However, in a large city like Philadelphia, there should be more than enough qualified bilingual English - Spanish speakers in the community that could be hired as employees so that all agencies with public contact could have a few around at all times. I don't know about more "exotic" languages.
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Egyesült Államok
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Ask an American why he/she will go to a foreign country for an extended period of time and never learn so much as a word of the local language, and yet some of them will be the ones who most complain about immigrants not learning English in the USA!
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