New immigrants kind of get a pass from me for learning English, especially if they come over as older adults, and I am not including school age children at all, they must go to English speaking school, and I am not for coddeling them because of their language transition. I agree that English is part of the ticket to success in America, but for new immigrants who are older, who work in their Hispanic community and are not going to avail themselves to the vast opportunities the country can provide it is less important to them, less necessary.
I personally do not know one person who was born in America who does not speak English, although on another thread someone did say they do know someone, but I think that is very rare. I don;t see how someone can go to school and not speak English, unless this person actually did not go to school?? I have many many friends, and family members who’s first language is a foriegn language, but then they hit pre-school or kindergarten and they are like every other American kid, except they speak two languages.
Even way back in the day, 100 years ago, many new immigrants did not learn English, but their children were raised American, and their parents reinforced learning English. I don’t see why people expect it to be different today.
In areas that are heavily Hispanic there has been a constant influx of new immigrants in large numbers for many many years, and so there is always a new generation that just came over and does not speak English well or at all.