March 14, 2008

Uncle Sam wants immigrants to integrate NOT ASSIMILATE

Posted by D.A. King at 5:04 pm - Email the author   Print This Post Print This Post  

Q. How would you define immigrant integration in the U.S.?

A. First, we don’t mean cultural assimilation

Alfonso Aguilar, March, 2008

Bio
Alfonso Aguilar is the United States’ first chief of the Office of Citizenship. He was named to the post in 2003. He also chairs the technical committee for the Task Force on New Americans – an interagency effort spawned by President Bush to help immigrants learn English and U.S. civics.

Aguilar, a lawyer who was born in Puerto Rico to immigrant parents, previously worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of Energy.

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