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U.S.English Chairman Criticizes Ben Carson's Stance on Puerto Rico Statehood
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<p id="published-timestamp" class="">Published: <span>Nov 11, 2015 9:00 a.m. ET</span></p>
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<p>WASHINGTON, DC , Nov 11, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- U.S.English
Chairman Mauro E. Mujica today criticized Republican presidential
candidate Ben Carson for endorsing statehood for Puerto Rico. </p> <p>At
a recent political convention, Carson stated that he "would be
incredibly honored and delighted" to support Puerto Rico statehood,
noting that geographically, the commonwealth is "very strategically
located" and suggesting that given the threat of terrorism, statehood
would mean added "unity" for the United States. </p> <p>Upon hearing Dr. Carson's remarks, Chairman Mujica issued the following statement: </p><div id="ad-teads" class="">
</div> <pre> -- "Contrary to Dr. Carson's suggestion, declaring Puerto Rico the 51st state in the United States would be detrimental to our sense of national unity. An overwhelming majority of residents of Puerto Rico speak Spanish and nearly 85 percent of residents are limited English proficient, meaning they would struggle to carry on a basic conversation in English. Without a common means of communication, a nation cannot prosper and residents remain separated by linguistic divisions. -- </pre> <p><br></p> <p>--
Furthermore, Puerto Rico faces $72 billion in debt and a poverty rate
of nearly 50 percent. Rather than taking on the added burden of a non-
English speaking state, Dr. Carson would be well to encourage the United
States to adopt a national language policy with English at its core as
our common, shared language. When armed with a firm grasp of English,
the language of global commerce, residents of the United States are
placed on the path to success. On this path, residents will be more
likely to secure a better, higher paying job that will contribute to a
stronger economy. -- </p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/usenglish-chairman-criticizes-ben-carsons-stance-on-puerto-rico-statehood-2015-11-11">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/usenglish-chairman-criticizes-ben-carsons-stance-on-puerto-rico-statehood-2015-11-11</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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