"Many immigrants would eagerly assimilate. It's often Hispanic parents who fight hardest against bilingual education for their own kids, for instance, because they see how destructive it is for their children who ultimately don't learn enough English through such programs. Too often, however, their "leadership" quite literally won't allow assimilation.

It was such leadership that carefully orchestrated the recent demonstrations.

Unfortunately, immigrants, legal and illegal, instead of being turned into Americans, are being turned into another "victim" class demanding entitlements by a leadership seeking its own political advancement without regard for immigrants or other Americans." --- Betsy Hart, author of "It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting is Hurting Our Kids - and What to Do About It."