Absolutely they should be denied citizenship. Anyoine who can't demonstrate a minimum proficiency should be be denied. They shouldn't be required to read Shakespeare but there are minimum standards that should be met. And in the past people wanted to meet those standards. My best friendds grandparents came over from Italy and had to learn English from scratch. His grandmother absolutely refused to speak in Italian once she got here, her husband was more reticient because of his heavy accent, but he learned too. She refused to speak Italian because she WANTED to be an American...any immigrant who does not should leave.
In the glorious past, no one wanted to be a citizen who couldn't speak English? How sad. I'm disappointed to learn that.
Dad retired two years ago, from his post as Senior Vice-president and CFO of a multi-billion dollar a year international corporation.
But you would have left him out of the country.
BTW, as an American citizen, when I want my non-English speaking parents to live with me, it's none of your damned business to impose conditions on my rights to have them by my side.