The White House published an executive order by Trump which says it is “long past time” that English is declared as the nation’s official language.
The order revokes a presidential mandate from the 1990s under then-president Bill Clinton requiring federal agencies and agencies receiving federal funding to provide assistance to non-English speakers.
“Nothing in this order... requires or directs any change in the services provided by any agency,“ the executive order states.
Trump has issued a blizzard of executive orders in his first weeks in office, seeking to put his right-wing stamp on the country.
While the White House acknowledges that more than 350 languages are spoken in the United States, the order says English has been the nation’s language “from the founding of our Republic,“ and “our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, have all been written in English.”
While English is by far the majority language in the country, more than 40 million people in America are estimated to speak Spanish at home.
In addition to other immigrant groups, including Chinese and Vietnamese, the complex US linguistic landscape includes scores of Native American languages.
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