Is it fair to have a designated language for the country that has the freedom of speech and freedom of choice? There are many good arguments in defense of both sides of this controversial issue. It is hard to say if one side is right or one side is wrong. Due to no written official language in the United States it brings about many problems for this very diverse society. Who is to say that these problems are big enough to question whether there should indeed be an official language for the United States.

Both political parties bring about good arguments. Republicans tend to think that the lack of an official language is effecting the job market. Immigrants that are trying to get jobs are not fully qualified and therefore requiring the government to take special actions to accommodate to all their demanding needs. On the other hand Democrats believe that neglecting to hire these immigrants for this very fact is discrimination. Since there is no official language for the United States there is no need for demanding language qualification to obtain a job (LatinoLinks, 1996).

I totally understand the points that both political partie

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After reviewing survey results from both a popular magazine and a nation wide survey I concluded that overall they were very similar. From both studies around 90% of the surveyors felt that yes English should be declared an official language of the United States. The 10% that felt English should not be declared the official language stated that "It's ignorance and racism that cause these kinds of questions to be raised in the first place." (Should English, 1997) I think that some of these votes could be formed from the fact that most all Americans already speak English and that the majority of government documents are written in English. It is hard to convince people that English should not be the official language when the majority of things in the United States are already done in English. Making it the official language contradicts the freedoms that come with being a citizen in the United States. I do not think that it is right to have immigrants abandon their culture and beliefs when the United States is supposed to be the land of the free.

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After doing the research on English as the official language I was able to find information strongly supporting both sides. I think that there is no set answer whether or not English without a doubt should or should not be the nations official language. I think that just because English is the language used by th

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