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States depicted in blue are English only states

30 States Have Made English Official (28 Laws Still in Effect)

FLORIDA (1988) Constitution--84% vote in referendum

It seems that it is only Spanish speaking immigrants who do NOT want to learn our language, at least around here. We spend fortunes on printing information in Spanish. If they have come to America to adopt our culture, than there is no direct evidence of it with most of the Hispanic immigrants in Lake Worth. I conclude that is not their mission. Look at Miami. It is Little Cuba, Little Haiti, Little Mexico, south of the border for sure, with nearly 70% of the populous of Hispanic heritage. The English speaking citizens were literally driven out of their city.

Those Hispanics who come to America through a legal process learn English, for the most part, and many of their children are brought up bi-lingual, a good thing. Some of the very old can’t be bothered and I don’t fault them for that. A lot of elderly have “difficulty” in learning something new. Part of my extended family came from Cuba.

In 1914 President Theodore Roosevelt stated, “We have room for but one language in this country, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house." That was then. This is now. We have an active ACLU that says differently. We have Socialists that say differently. We have the Open Border people who say, "Y’all come and you don‘t have to fit into our culture.” We have a government looking the other way and in a quandary as to what to do about this illegal explosion. I have been told that loitering on Lake and Lucerne is part of THEIR culture so therefore, knock off the complaints. And Thailand has such an immigration problem that their military is towing illegals out to sea and putting them in God’s hands. I wonder if they can row to Florida?

Even though English is the official language of our State, no one seems to put an importance on that today. It is a law, but then other laws are ignored too. We continue to cater to those who don’t speak English by printing various information in several languages and catering to the illegal in every way.

Illegals break our laws and get free care and free help once they are in this country. They get what they want for nothing and the legal citizens here suffer the consequences. Many come with the purpose of having children here who as a result become instant American citizens. Have you ever seen an Illegal woman in Lake Worth without a stroller and another child in tow? It’s their mission. Once they do this, the parents know that they will not be sent back to their country.

The only right the illegals should have is to go back home to wherever they came and speak their chosen language...go home to a culture in which only they feel comfortable. And the right we have as legal citizens of this country is to insist that our elected officials enforce our laws.