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Sorry, did I miss the part in the Constitution that says one must speak English to vote? That seems to be a strong view here that I have never heard in my life.
No, what the Constitution says is that you have to be a citizen to vote. To become a naturalized citizen you must know English. If you were born here as a citizen then what is the likelyhood that you don't know English? Come on, get real.
NY has a large Puerto Rican population, they're all US citizens, so what is your problem?
Yes, NY has a large PR population. What I find amusing is that my friends and family from or in PR do not need bilingual government documents OR translators.
What we need to know is WHERE were these PR voters were educated. I am going to wager they are the product of NYC schools and not recent arrivals from PR.
No, what the Constitution says is that you have to be a citizen to vote. To become a naturalized citizen you must know English. If you were born here as a citizen then what is the likelyhood that you don't know English? Come on, get real.
About 14.3% in Alaska. When Alaska was made a State, the Alaskan natives were made naturalized US citizens and Alaskan citizens. There are more than 20 languages written and spoken in Alaska, and approximately 14.3% of the Alaskan natives do not read, write, or speak English.
There are only about 40 million Hispanic citizens or legal immigrants in our country. There are about 315 million people in this country. That means that there are 275 million non-hispanics in this country. You ask a good question....why Spanish? I believe it is because of the number of illegal immigrants here who mostly hail from Hispanic countries and HIspanic citizens that refuse to assimilate to English even though they know how to speak it.
As for Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico isn't even a state it is a territory and isn't on the mainland. On the mainland consisting of 50 states English is our adopted de facto national language. If Puerto Ricans move to the mainland then they should learn the language of the mainland and not be expected to be catered to in Spanish.
Not all "Hispanics" speak Spanish. Take away the illegals and their Anchors and maybe half of all Hispanics speak only English.
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