The U.S. nationality law requires applicants to have a working knowledge of the English language in order achieve citizenship. In 1990 the government passed exceptions to this requirement for older applicants and those with mental or physical disabilities.
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Response rates from 205k Los Angeles voters.
61% Yes |
39% No |
53% Yes |
28% No |
7% Yes, but the government should provide free language learning courses |
8% No, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country |
1% Yes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services |
2% No, but remove multilingual translations from government documents and services |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 205k Los Angeles voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 205k Los Angeles voters.
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Unique answers from Los Angeles voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@592P6L64yrs4Y
Do you think if you moved to Mexico the Mexican government is going to teach public school classes in English or Vietnamese or Sri Lankan? If you want to live in the USA you must assimilate and learn the English language. How on earth can an immigrant contribute to our society if he is not able to read our road signs?
@4Y97QND4yrs4Y
No, America doesn't have an official language. If you move to Sweden is it required to learn Swedish? No, it's just suggested
@5M6P2JC4yrs4Y
All Americans should be multilingual.
@9JTNSV710mos10MO
Yes, all residents should know English on at least a basic, conversational level in order to get around.
@5MG9WKF4yrs4Y
No but we should provide ELL classes for all
@4Y847ST4yrs4Y
No, but schools, hospitals, government services, etc. should not be required to provide translation services; with the exception of those immigrants who have, or plan to have children - they should be required to learn English and teach it to their children, who will be required to attend American schools.
@8LTW4PN4yrs4Y
alot of them do already learn english and this is an ignorant question
@9RDK8785mos5MO
No, but they’re going to need to learn English if they’re going to be successful. English is still the 1st language in America.
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