While it seems like a good idea to restore order within the government by making English our official language, it will not necessarily be adequate or solve any true issues for our country. Because such a high percentage of our country already uses English as their primary language, it would serve as useless. However, because of all the immigrants in and coming to our country, it is only rational to keep it officially multilinguistic.
As a result of this, my main argument is that our nation is almost completely made up of immigrants. Think about it; people generally consider themselves a nationality other than American: Spanish, Italian, Irish, Indian, etc. Whatever the case, whether it be from even many generations ago, someone in everyone's family was an immigrant. Not very many people are native Americans, so why make English official? Yes, it may very well serve as a convenience to the government, but they have gone without such a law for all this time anyway, so it would be conclusively pointless.
Through my research, I've found that many people argue for this law with the general idea that "it will unite our country." This statement is also not necessarily true, because the percentage of English-speaking Americans will not automatically increase. If the government's true desire is for more people to learn English, then the key is to provide better programs in which they can learn conveniently, not make a law out of it.
As a result of this, my main argument is that our nation is almost completely made up of immigrants. Think about it; people generally consider themselves a nationality other than American: Spanish, Italian, Irish, Indian, etc. Whatever the case, whether it be from even many generations ago, someone in everyone's family was an immigrant. Not very many people are native Americans, so why make English official? Yes, it may very well serve as a convenience to the government, but they have gone without such a law for all this time anyway, so it would be conclusively pointless.
Through my research, I've found that many people argue for this law with the general idea that "it will unite our country." This statement is also not necessarily true, because the percentage of English-speaking Americans will not automatically increase. If the government's true desire is for more people to learn English, then the key is to provide better programs in which they can learn conveniently, not make a law out of it.
