It takes more than a language to unify a nation

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

Isn't it also the case that the English proficiency requirement for naturalized citizenship has some exemptions (e.g. for people over a certain age)?


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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Dennis Baron
Sent: Sun 2/25/2007 11:50 AM
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Subject:      Re: It takes more than a language to unify a nation
 
You're making the assumption that anyone who speaks a language other
than English had to be naturalised as a citizen.  There are born-
citizens in the
US for whom English is not their first language, and the right to
vote is their birthright.

Lynne
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And that birthright, Lynne, is something that Steve King (R-IA) and
many others who think that immigration reform is actually FAIR would
like to take away as well.

Dennis

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