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To apply for naturalization to become a U.S. citizen, you must:
Be at least 18 years of age at the time you file the application;
Have been a lawful permanent resident for the past three or five years (depending on which naturalization category you are applying under);
Have continuous residence and physical presence in the United States; Be able to read, write, and speak basic English;
Demonstrate good moral character;
Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of U.S. history and government;
Demonstrate a loyalty to the principles of the U.S. Constitution; and
Be willing to take the Oath of Allegiance
English only ballots, since trump and Biden only spoke English. How could these non English speakers be informed voters if they didn't understand what either candidate was saying in the debates, on the campaign trail rallies, or in their campaign ads?
The same way I could watch Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? I mean I don't speak Mandarin but somehow it was made accessible to me using some kind of wizardry.
There'll certainly be government materials in Welsh in Wales, and Scottish Gaelic in Scotland, I haven't lived there for some time so not sure about other languages. Polish would be the most common immigrant language, used by about 1% of the population.
My parents are from Scotland. Are you sure Scotland prints materials in Gaelic? The language is now spoken only in more remote parts of Scotland. I don't know, because my parents haven't lived there in 55 years.
To apply for naturalization to become a U.S. citizen, you must:
Be at least 18 years of age at the time you file the application;
Have been a lawful permanent resident for the past three or five years (depending on which naturalization category you are applying under);
Have continuous residence and physical presence in the United States; Be able to read, write, and speak basic English;
Demonstrate good moral character;
Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of U.S. history and government;
Demonstrate a loyalty to the principles of the U.S. Constitution; and
Be willing to take the Oath of Allegiance
As I said earlier, having gone through the naturalization process, you don't learn English. You lean a few phrases that are in a pamphlet you're given weeks before the test. The intricacies of a political machinations are somewhat more challenging in a second language.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. As such people born in Puerto Rico are under US jurisdiction and are therefore by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution natural born citizens of the United States. Is it so unimaginable that there might be some US citizens in Puerto Rico who don't speak English?
And for assorted economic and family reasons, there are many Puerto Ricans who leave the islands for the US mainland. Florida and New York have particularly large Puerto Rican communities that way.
Courtesy of Iowa Legislature, "Iowa English Language Reaffirmation," Iowa Code, 2002
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Former Governor Tom Vilsack signed into law the Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act in 2002. The law reaffirms English as the official language of the state and that all official documents should be in English.
As I said earlier, having gone through the naturalization process, you don't learn English. You lean a few phrases that are in a pamphlet you're given weeks before the test. The intricacies of a political machinations are somewhat more challenging in a second language.
No. English is what is commonly understood to be the official language. It is the de facto official language of the United States.
But other posters are correct when they say that the US has no official language. Which I've never understood. Though, apparently, the UK, NZ, and Australia don't have official languages, either, so we're not alone in this.
No, English IS the official language of America by operation, not declaration. This isn't hard to understand, unless you just don't want to.
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