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If it's that much work why do we expect people from other countries to do it?
You mean people from other countries who move to America? Or people from other countries in general?
Well, if you move to America and don’t speak English, then that’s on you, but your ability to communicate and work will be limited.
If I moved to China or Japan and looked for a job, then I’d be required to learn the local language or I wouldn’t be able to do my job. (Not counting English teachers or people who are sent to Japan to do a job for an American company).
If you don’t live in the US and don’t want to learn the local language it’s fine, but you will be limited in your ability to do business outside of your country as the language of business is English.
The US government does not require you to speak English and if you don’t and are stopped by the police, they will use a translation service to speak to the person.
This issue is not a black and white speak english vs not kind of thing. There's no shortage of immigrants that speak english perfectly well sans a minor accent but are discriminated against and treated poorly anyway for not being native speakers.
Edit for those who downvoted: I am a native english speaker. I have been discriminated against based on my regional accent. Only a fucking fool would think the same things don't happen to nonnative speakers.