There were several entry level positions I applied for, and although I satisfy all the requirement except you guessed it, being bilingual as Spanish being a second language I did not qualify or at least passed up due to the demographics of the people my hospital deals with. This got me thinking on a wide range of issues regarding illegal immigration, which leads me to not support illegal immigrants whether from Mexico or Africa, nor give any immigrants who come here amnesty.
I currently work at a hospital in southern California which services everyone and majority of our clients are of latino descent. Majority speak english as a second language and majority have no social security number. What bothers me is that American society caters to illegal immigrants from employing grass cutters to, housekeepers I personally feel that we are all guilty in some way but I wonder if making English as the nation's main language would change illegal immigration?
I doubt it.
Unless that law was actually used to PUNISH those who do not speak English.
But if one wants to apply for US citizenship?
THEN I do believe that part of the test ought to be to test if one has at least a minimum ability to speak English.
Yeah yeah, I know my liberal chums think me a xenophobe for thinking this way.
Tough.
Having a common language is an important feature of having a viable society, so I think its important (in the case of people seeking citizenship in this nation) to be able to converse with the rest of our citizens.