Should English be declared by the USA as Our Language (Mexican, legal)

[Open-D]

Originally Posted by Mistermobile

From a Google search


"While the United States doesn't have an official language at the federal level, 31 states have made English their official language. Only one state is officially bilingual — Hawaii claims English and Hawaiian Pidgin English as their two official state languages."


The US Constitution is silent on the subject.


Could Trump by executive order and as a cost saving proclamation, make English the official language in our schools, government and across the nation?

Yes, English is the Universal Language of everything that matters.

[TKO]

Freedom includes the freedom to speak whatever language you want. You can even make up your own if you want. If you don't speak English you suffer economically but that's a freedom too.

Why so called conservatives care what language other people speak is beyond me. It's ugly.

[SunGrins]

Originally Posted by Mistermobile

Could Trump by executive order and as a cost saving proclamation, make English the official language in our schools, government and across the nation?

The Constitution is silent...why? Who knows.
Many New York troops in the Revolution still spoke Dutch and it was commonly spoken in the state. It was not an issue then and it is a fake issue now.

Leave it to the states. New Mexico gives Spanish a "special" status making it semi-official but we have about a dozen languages - English, Spanish, Navajo, Apache, Keres, Tewa, Zuni, etc.
Give it a rest.

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

Why would anyone care about this? What is an official state language FOR?

To show the brown-skinned people who's boss. Duh.

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

Why would anyone care about this? What is an official state language FOR?

It means that at the state or federal level they don't have to print all kinds of documents in foreign languages which is a cost savings. English as our official language should take its rightful place as a part of our heritage and culture. It will encourage immigrants to assimilate also.

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by lionsgators

no declaration. english is by default, the official language. if you don't speak it, you'll have an extremely hard time getting anywhere.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Since states have already taken into thier own hands on this topic, the feds should leave it alone.

Seems that "small government" Pubs are the ones who feel threatened by hearing foreign languages spoken in the nation of immigrants.

Settle down, boys.

Irony is NOT a mineral.

I mean, once again, the 'limited' government republicans are demanding the government step in to regulate what THEY want.

[Annandale_Man]

Originally Posted by Mistermobile

From a Google search


"While the United States doesn't have an official language at the federal level, 31 states have made English their official language. Only one state is officially bilingual — Hawaii claims English and Hawaiian Pidgin English as their two official state languages."


The US Constitution is silent on the subject.


Could Trump by executive order and as a cost saving proclamation, make English the official language in our schools, government and across the nation?

English is the language of commerce. Learn it or be left out of the global marketplace. The Constitution was written in English.

[Ohiogirl81]

I think yes. Not as a divisive, punitive, or xenophobic measure - as I'm seeing in many of these posts - but as a unifying measure.

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

No I don't think it's a good idea.

Government should not control the language spoken by the people.

If they want to converse in Pig Latin, it's fine with me.

Huh? Making English our official language on the federal level will not control the language spoken by anyone. The stubborn and arrogant will still be allowed to do so out in public.

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by gmagoo

My four grandparents along with my father and his brother arrived here from Czechoslovakia (my father was 4 years old) and they didn`t speak English. My grandparents learned enough to barely get by and my aunts and uncles were bilingual but all of their children spoke English only. Who should have been kicked out in your opinion? My point is that assimilation takes decades, not months.

That all changes though when one foreign, demographic/linguistic group starts to either outnumber or becomes equal in numbers to the natives though. Then the natives have to assimilate to them instead. No thanks!