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Several organizations in the United States including and advocate for the passage of an amendment to the Constitution that would make English the official language of the United States. The organizations base their proposal on a number of claims. Other organizations such as , , , , and many other educational and linguistics organizations refute the claims made by the English-only groups.

For this project, examine the reasons that U. S. English and English First proffer for making English the official language of the nation and the retorts given by the opposing organizations. Analyze which side seems to have the stronger position by citing valid research evidence.

For this project, I have provided information on language demographics from a number of sources including the 1980, the 1990, and the 2000 census so that you can better evaluate the claim by English-only groups that the United States is in danger of becoming a bilingual nation. Make sure that you incorporate this data in your papers.