How the Debate has Impacted on Recent Political Issues
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- How the Debate has Impacted on Recent Political Issues
- The Nature of the Debate
- Conservatives want to make English the official language of the state to stop Spanish
- Conservatives want to preserve the dominance of the English language as a way of preserving American political values
- Liberals want to help Hispanics and make provisions for Spanish speakers
- Traditional English only Movement
- Pro English, preserve English as the language and persuade lawmakers to adopt English as the official language
- In 1907 Roosevelt said they only had room for one language
- US English, English needs to be the official language to help expand opportunities for immigrants
- Recent English only Campaigns
- 2000 Arizona passed proposition 203 which banned use of any other language except English in state schools
- Both have large Hispanic population
- 1998 California proposition 227 passed which stopped bi-lingual education in schools
- Both have large Hispanic population
- 1998 California proposition 227 passed which stopped bi-lingual education in schools
- 1994 Tanton and other former US English associates founded Pro English to defend Arizona's English only law
- By 1998 25 states had English only laws and English as the official language
- 80% speak English and 12.4% speak Spanish
- 1983 Dr John Tanton and Senator S.I. Hayakawa founded US English, aims to control and reduce immigration
- 2009 Nashville Tennessee rejected to make them the largest city to prohibit the use of another language except English
- 2000 Arizona passed proposition 203 which banned use of any other language except English in state schools
- Opposition to English only
- 2009 Nashville Tennessee rejected to make them the largest city to prohibit the use of another language except English
- Representative Jose Serrano of New York promoted English Plus which aims to promote other languages
- The American Civil Liberties Union , English only laws are inconsistent with the first Amendment and freedom of speech
- Use of Spanish is too common to stop
- Florida with a large Hispanic population uses Spanish media and bilingualism is a way of life
- Under Clinton bilingualism made some progress and started to improve services to those with limited English
- The Nature of the Debate
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