President. today I am introducing legislation to amend the Voting Rights Act by deleting the provisions added in 1975 which require that bilingual election materials be provided in certain States and counties. When the 94th Congress amended the Voting Rights Act to require the use of bilingual ballots. the intent was to bring our nonEnglishspeaking population into the mainstream of American society by allowing them to vote in a language they can read and understand. The effect of that act. however. is to foster the fallacy among immigrants to the United States that it is not necessary to learn English. That fallacy can lead to trouble for all of us in the years ahead. As a semanticist.
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The effect of that act, however. is to foster the fallacy among immigrants to the United States that it is not necessary to learn English.