All this indicates that Americans are deeply concerned about the erosion of English they see all around them. and they want Congress to take affirmative action to protect our language. For a common language has traditionally united us all as fellow citizens of one Nation. just as surely as separate languages would separate us into unrelated inhabitants of the same territory. The English language amendment is not intended to bar anyone. citizen or immigrant. from the opportunities to be found in American society. It merely ends the pretense that opportunities are fully open to those who dont learn our language. The English language amendment is not intended to exclude anyone. citizen or immigrant. from full participation in national life. for the opportunities to learn our language must always be available to those who want to make that effort. The English language amendment is not intended to regulate language usage between private parties. nor to discourage the teaching of foreign languages as academic subject matter. nor to forgo the use of foreign languages. as expedient. in diplomacy. intelligence gathering. and in other activities related to the conduct of foreign affairs. nor to obstruct the interests of justice. The English language amendment is intended to end the practice of voting in foreign languages. it is intended to teach children who dont know English through appropriate programs in that language. it is intended to make English the only language for official proceedings of governments at all levels operating in the United StatesFederal.
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