But under pressure from ambitious politicians. Mexican American and Anglo. one such divisive measure after another has been made into law. There is the "bilingual" ballot. which says that an immigrant voter may have a ballot in his own language. despite the fact that the law requires the individual to be a citizen in order to vote and "to be able to read. write. and speak English in common usage" in order to become a citizen. The bilingual ballot simply negates our fundamental immigration law and says that an immigrant can exercise the rights of citizenship without having learned the language of the country. Then there is "bilingual education." which made sense when its main purpose was to use the immigrant language to facilitate the learning of English. but rapidly developed into using the immigrant language almost exclusively. and in some instances exclusively. for classroom instruction in all subjects. so that students were given no opportunity or encouragement to learn English. Fortunately. this trend is being stopped by new regulations of the Department of Education. Who objects to the constitutional amendment to make English the official language of the United States?
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