In the state of Oregon, some English speaking fire crew chiefs are being fired because they don't speak Spanish. The government has been hiring Hispanic firefighters who only speak Spanish and requiring supervisors to speak Spanish. Check out this astonishing report from FoxNews. This raises an interesting question....Why not make English the required language?

The Respect for Law committee is paying for their petitions to be inserted into two newspaper covering the Yakima valley and Skagit County areas. The petition would enable a new initiative to appear in the November election ballot. The initiative -- sponsored by Yakama tribal member Wendell Hannigan, whom we've written about on the Stein Report in the past -- would require employers to use the federal E-Verify system. It would also require law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws, and prevent illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses and public benefits. Through this approach the group hopes to reach over 50,000 subscribers throughout Washington. The petition will require 241,000 signatures in order to appear on the ballot. Read about it here in today's Yakima Herald.