President Donald Trump is soon going to sign an executive order that will make English the official language of the United States. You probably thought this was already the case, but it’s not.
Our nation has never before in its history adopted a national language at the federal level. This should have been a no-brainer, something put into place years and years ago. Alas, the bleeding heart types have fought against it for the sake of illegal migrants.
Back in the late summer of 2000, just five months before leaving the White House, former President Bill Clinton signed an executive order to provide aid for what he labeled “limited English proficiency,” going on to write, “To assist the agencies with this endeavor, the Department of Justice has today issued a general guidance document (LEP Guidance).”
A response to this order was created by the Department of Justice’s Coordination Regulation, which said, “Where a significant number or proportion of the population eligible to be served or likely to be directly affected by a federally assisted program (e.g., affected by relocation) needs service or information in a language other than English in order effectively to be informed of or to participate in the program, the recipient shall take reasonable steps, considering the scope of the program and the size and concentration of such population, to provide information in appropriate languages to such persons.”
The order that Trump has cooked up will toss out the mandate put in place by Clinton, according to The Daily Wire.
“Agencies will still be able to provide documents and services in languages other than English, according to a White House summary of the order viewed by The Wall Street Journal,” The Wall Street Journal reported, going on to add, “The summary of the order said the goal of making English the national language is to promote unity, establish efficiency in the government and provide a pathway to civic engagement.”
In 2021, Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma introduced a piece of legislation that would have made English the country’s official language.
The bill went on to say, “Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for uniform testing English language ability of candidates for naturalization, which shall be based upon the principles that (1) all citizens of the United States should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of the United States which are made in pursuance thereof; and (2) any exceptions to the standard described in paragraph (1) should be limited to extraordinary circumstances, such as asylum.”
Again, this is a no-brainer. Our official language should be English because it’s what every single citizen who grows up in this country learns to speak. That being the case, making it the official language makes it so anyone who wants to make this nation their home has to assimilate by learning how to speak our language.
I don’t think that’s asking too much, do you?
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