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...... In 1996 approximately 11 million people took the oath of citizenship in this country. This is up from an average of 200,000 back in the early 1990s. This big rush of people becoming citizens has not been welcomed by everyone. There is a feeling that the rush to become a citizen is more of an opportunity for economic benefits than one of civic responsibility. There are a lot of people who believe that the new immigrants are simply taking advantage of the American life instead of really caring anything about pursing the American Dream
John Fonte, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute says that we should denounce immigrants demands for ethnic rights. He feels that those ethic groups that ask for multicultural education and bilingual ballots should not be taken seriously. He says that our goal should be Americanization and that we should not have to give up our ethnic traditions, customs, cuisine, or birth languages just because the immigrants want us to. And for this he says we should not have to be embarrassed or apologize. It seems as though the old idea of immigrants being happy to be here and wanting to learn English has gone

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