Following the federal investigation of the country’s Wal-Mart hiring practices of employing illegal immigrants, many policy activists are urging immigration authorities to implement an amnesty program that would allow illegal immigrants to enter the United States legally for work.  Activists argue that such a program would cut down on unnecessary costs involved with costly federal investigations, similar to the Wal-Mart investigation. 

Michele Waslin, a senior immigration policy analyst for the National Council of La Raza told CNSNews.com, “So much of our economy is dependent on … undocumented labor.  [The Wal-Mart arrests] show the basic, fundamental problem with our immigration system – that there are incentives to hire undocumented workers, [and] that these poor workers are suffering for this.”

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Teachers in Massachusetts are now required by a new state law to address ESL students almost entirely in English. 

Question 2, which was approved by voters last year, replaced bilingual education, a program that allowed children to learn core subjects in their native language until their English improved enough to enter mainstream English classrooms.  Under the new program, ESL students spend an entire year learning everything in English with other ESL students before moving to the mainstream classroom.