The challenge we face in immersion in regard to newcomers to Canada is more about getting the word out that it's okay to go into immersion and not...that you will be learning English when you're in the immersion program.
Right now what we're saying to immigrants is to not go into immersion, because they need to learn English first, but what we're realizing is that the children in immersion are learning English, and they're learning French, and they're doing better. The problem is that the parents don't know that they can do that. Often they're turned back at school, where they're saying, “No, don't go to immersion.”
The challenge is to say to these people that immersion is for everyone, not just for people who were born here. It's for every child who wants to learn a second language.