As feds eye a potential Orlando ICE facility,<\/a> records show detainees might stay for 7 days,\u201d put \u201cprocessing centers\u201d in quotes.<\/p>\nPlease normalize calling these places what they really are: internment camps.<\/p>\n
They aren\u2019t prisons, holding areas or facilities. Use the words: Internment camps<\/p>\n
Those words bring to mind the vile conditions which fit their nature and shed light on the nature\u2019s of those who believe they are \u201cprocessing centers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary Shaheen Longwood<\/p>\n
The rules of the road<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll never forget the day I read about that illegal immigrant truck driver who carelessly made a U-turn on the Floridae Turnpike, killing a family. It was also hard to watch his seemingly I don\u2019t care attitude after it happened.<\/p>\n
So when the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced they were revoking commercial truck driver\u2019s licenses issued to illegal immigrants, and not providing the commercial driver\u2019s license test in any language besides English I applauded this decision. However, I also wondered why this rule didn\u2019t apply to anyone applying for a regular driver\u2019s license as any motorized vehicle can have the same deadly consequences if the driver doesn\u2019t understand how to read signs and understand English accurately.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, the wonderful leaders of our great state of Florida have corrected this problem. Hopefully this will force those living in Florida to learn English.However, too many businesses\u00a0 make it too easy for folks not to learn English by posting signs in Spanish. In my opinion, when one comes to another country, it\u2019s an insult to not try to learn the language of the land and assimilate.<\/p>\n
Ricky-Dale Flanagan, Orlando<\/p>\n
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