On the recordMay 18, 2006
The differences I see in the two amendments are, No. 1, the Salazar amendment says no to making English our national language. It uses another description. No. 2, it says no to the requirement that immigrants who are illegally here and who may be put on a path to citizenship should learn English before they go on that path to citizenship. And it says no to the provisions in the Inhofe amendment which improve the citizenship test, requiring those who become citizens to learn the key events, key documents, key ideas of our history. The Inhofe amendment is well within the mainstream of 90 to 95 percent of the thinking of the American people. It is a valuable contribution. It is a restrained proposal. It does not seek to change any existing right that someone might have to receive services from the Government in some other language.
Said by
Douglas Alexander
Labour Party
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