We will always be an English dominant nation, Correll, with a significant Hispanic presence. Some of the white and black youth in Austin already speak some Spanish. I can get along in it OK, my wife is nearly fluent because she has the "ear" for it and she loves linguistics. I was shopping downtown Salt Lake in the City Creek mall, and we heard seventeen different languages in about three hours, and yet the dominant language was English.The crowd that screams about "Pressing 1 for English" knows that language is one of the few bonds that hold America together. Losing that will reduce our social cohesion. It is right to be against that.I saw a great example in the last Republican debate
Trump had been criticizing Bush for answering a question in spanish. He gave the typical rightwing "This is America, speak English damn it"
Marco Rubio gave an elegant response in telling about his grandfather who was a lifelong Republican. He told how his grandfather struggled to speak and understand english but was more comfortable when getting information in spanish. Rubio told of how he would talk politics with his grandfather in spanish and how proud his grandfather was to be in America.
This needs to be the direction of the Republican party, not pandering to the crowd who screams about "Press 1 for english"
It's another dividing line. It is and will continue to weaken US.