The point is that if we weaken the English language by making everything in Spanish or other languages, there is less of a need for these people to assimilate. Voting, Driver's License Tests, etc etc, it makes it too easy not to have to assimilate.
Immigrants in the past had to go on the fast track because all these cruches were non existent, which was a good thing.
I disagree...in the 20s and 30s, if you lived in the area of Philly that my grandparents lived, everybody spoke Russian...there was little need to learn English for the day to day grind...still all the kids learned English.
That stated, I agree with you, the Spanish kids should be taught English in the schools...that is a must. And I think the "official" language should be English, and that this should be codified (which, to my knowledge, it currently is not).