Your statement "After that or if they choose not to become citizens, they can speak whatever language they please." flies in the face of every other statement here...including Angelique's.
Yes Luis, the word is strawman. It is what you constructed in an attempt to lace up my jack boots because we disagree on this particular issue.
When you ask " Are you willing to monitor people to assure ourselves that they are speaking the Federally mandated language?" when I have mentioned no such thing, the intent is clear to me Luis.
You and every other American is guaranteed the right to freedom of speech and I will help you defend that right. Non citizens are not guaranteed a right to be American citizens without meeting certain requirements as set forth by the American people through their elected representatives.
My position is and will continue to be that, barring exceptional circumstance, applicants for citizenship must be able to speak rudimentary English, the language of this nation. After they are citizens they can speak in tongues if the mood hits them.
I would oppose English as a second language education and I would oppose any state referendum that bi,tri or quadlingualises the language spoken on official business in my state.
I am pro legal immigration and I judge people by the content of their character and their view of the world. Thats it.
Regards
JW