butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: Cities and States Are Giving 'English Only' Laws |
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HOUSTON // When Tim O'Hare drives through the aging north Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch where he serves as a city councilman, he sees signs of trouble everywhere. Property values are stagnating, he says. Crime is rising while schools are declining.
And too many people are speaking Spanish.
"Our retail establishments are in deplorable shape - half of the businesses aren't filled, and the rest are filled with Spanish-speaking businesses," O'Hare said. "Our citizens are still majority non-Spanish speaking by far. Spanish probably will overtake the city if we don't do something about this."
The problems, O'Hare believes, are caused by illegal immigrants. The solution he's proposing, a city ordinance, would make English the official language of Farmers Branch and crack down hard on any landlord who rents to an illegal immigrant or any employer who hires one.
It's a position that places O'Hare in the vanguard of an English-only movement that is gaining adherents across the nation and causing alarm among Hispanic civil rights groups.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.english15oct15,0,4080781.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines |
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