No, it's not the same, and your saying so doesn't make it true.
Immigrants were EXPECTED to learn English or they got NOWHERE...THEY WEREN'T CATERED TO. It was either sink or swim....they swam.
I have no problem at all with this concept. Further, I strongly support that approach. I do have a problem seeing how another federal law is going to establish it, and I detest the idea that we run to the fed to fix our problems.
Part of this is a libertarian approach to all this stuff. Rather than get "our" laws passed, I favor telling the fed to butt out of most stuff (the borders are another issue, as they are one of the few things constitutionally enumerated as federal responsibility).