Senator SALAZAR and I wrote to the President following up on this provision and the comments of the Attorney General last week and weekend. We asked whether the President will continue to implement the language outreach policies of President Clintons Executive Order 13166. A prompt and straightforward affirmative answer can go a long way toward rendering the Inhofe English amendment a symbolic stain rather than a serious impediment to immigrants and Americans for whom English at this moment in their lives is a second language. I deeply regret that the Senate took such a divisive act. Over my strong objection and that of the Democratic leader.
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