[AngelesCrestHighway]

but fear of Spanish taking over should not be one of them...unless you have the U.S. government speaking spanish...

[TexasCajun]

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[BluH2o]

...unless you have the U.S. government speaking spanish.

Don't rule that out ... former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau made it mandatory that if you worked for the federal gov't in Canada you had to be bilingual. No matter that you worked in the countries capitol Ottawa, or out in the hustings, you had to be fluent in both languages French & English, written and oral. A family member that works in a high ranking position in one of the branches of the Canadian federal gov't, who was originally from an English speaking area of the country and spoke little French, was forced to take a 10 month paid sabbatical and enroll in a gov't sponsored language school. The course was demanding and stressful, if you missed on any of the several exams you were out of a job. He completed the course successfully ... however, he rarely has to use French in his work.
Given a generation or two (at the most) and the same could happen here in the US of A.

[Rockitz]

Somehow I doubt there are demands by their residents of Madawaska, Maine to have bilingual education, city service answering machines, or ballots printed in French.