English a Requirement for Citizenship

Washington, DC (TLS). U.S. House Representative Steve King, R-Iowa, has introduced a bill that would make English a requirement for citizenship. The bill would make English the nation's official language and would require immigrants to learn English as a prerequisite for becoming naturalized citizens.

The Liberty Sphere thinks that such legislation is long overdue. With immigration raging out of control, the nation is in deep danger of becoming nothing more than a fragmented coalition of loosely connected cultures whose only commonality would be they reside within the United States. No nation can survive without at least a common culture and language. This does not mean that immigrants cannot cherish their ethnic and cultural heritage. However, without commonly-held values that bind ALL citizens together, a nation is bound to fall. The English language is the one thing that can begin the process of finding that common culture that unites all of the splinter groups that threaten the very existence of the nation.

Thus, the requirement that immigrants learn English should be the very least we expect from them.

We urge the passage of King's bill in the House.

For more information on this proposed legislation, click here:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200702/POL20070214a.html