I chose to talk about immigration in Nebraska. We are one of the top ranked states for population of immigrants coming in. One of the issues I found was about immigrants learning English. It has become a problem for hospitals and other places to be able to communicate with their patients. The doctors cannot understand what the problems are with their patients. The hospitals have considered hiring translators to combat the problem. The only issue with this is that there are more than 60 languages spoken in Nebraska. The hospitals do not have the funds to get translators for all of these different languages. The Lincoln Literacy Council was set up to help illiterate Americans learn and speak English. Now its main duty is to help teach immigrants English. I believe this is a great thing for the new immigrants to this country. A lot of jobs now require you to learn English if you are an immigrant. I believe what the council is doing is really great. If we want immigrants to be able to assimilate to the United States and our culture we need to have more programs like this for them. Many people like to complain about immigrants not knowing English, but if these people would just stop and take the time to help them, they could see some of the struggles these immigrants are having. Volunteers and donations run the council. They have over 262 volunteers that help to teach immigrants English. The number of immigrants that are learning English and go to the Lincoln Literacy Council exceeds 1000 people. The number of immigrants that want help is even more. I believe this is a major issue in Nebraska and is one that needs to be looked at more closely. I believe that Nebraska should offer more classes like the Council does. The problem is only going to grow worse.