I agree with others who have suggested we should instead focus on encouraging all Americans to become proficient in Englishthrough making English language. programmers fully accessible to all. It is not socially re-. sponsible to pass legislation such as H.R. 123. and expect those who cannot communicate in English--often not because they lack the will to try but because they are simply not enough programmes to go aroundto cope without any means of communication with Government. which is after all there to serve the people. I strongly urge my colleagues to focus Instead on strengthening our capacity to provide the means for new immigrants and those struggling to learn English to do so. My second specific concern related to this legislation is an uneasy sensation I have that there are darker political undertones to the desire to promote the use of English only. The legislation is worded in such a way that It appears to be promoting English very much at the expense of other languages.
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