Herr Congressman Terrill Pushing Official English in Oklahoma Next!

Herr Terrill is at it again. He is the Oklahoma Congressman, part time Minuteman, who pushed through (with NO popular vote) the restrictionist HB1804 Immigration Bill which promotes racial profiling, has caused many Latinos (legal and illegal) to leave the state and has had a significant negative impact on Business and State Revenue. Now he is pushing an Official English Bill.

English is and continues to be the National Language of our Great USA. All loyal Americans support English, learn know and understand English as our National Language. As new people immigrate to our nation we know, in general, it takes one generation to assimilate and learn the language fluently. We also realize that many older citizens who immigrated here may have difficulty in adapting as quickly to English to the level needed in complex situations. Therefore, many businesses and government offices support the use of Spanish and other languages

Many people ask me, "Why do so many ANTIs constantly insist on the passage of an Official English bill when the government has already passed English as our National Language bill?"

There are two reasons the ANTIs insist on passage of the Official English bill:

1. The bills say: "all government business must be conducted in English and prevent the government from delivering government services in any language but English." Many ANTI groups are pushing this bill NOW. Why? Because many ANTI groups DO NOT want any Voter materials printed in Spanish. They do not want translators available to assist Spanish Speaking voters. These bills are specifically aimed against Latino voters. Notice the language in the Oklahoma bill being presented by Herr Terrill. His aim is purely to pass an ANTI Latino bill. (see article below)

2. Many ANTIs believe once a National bill is passed, all states will be forced to enforce the Offical English bill´s within their states to the letter of the National Law. Approximately 30 states currently have an "Official English" bill within their states. Some states do not enforce and some states do not require the printing of materials in English only, particularly California does not. The ANTIs want this changed, with forced National Enforcement. Additionally, once these bills are strictly enforced, they look for more stringent measures going forward, as in the Judge´s ruling in my other post.

Remember America, as with the Patriot Act, once we open the door to the passage of these types of bills, the Flood-Gates will be open for even harsher measures and enforcements! This is only the beginning of the loss of our Civil Liberties and we should be aware of the impacts.

As reported in the Norman, OK Transcript:

Oklahoma lawmaker plans official English legislation

TIM TALLEY Associated Press - March 18, 2008 04:05 pm
The author of Oklahoma's sweeping anti-illegal-immigration law said Tuesday he plans new legislation that would ask voters to make English the official language of the state. Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said the measure will seek a constitutional amendment requiring that all official state government business be conducted in English similar to proposals adopted by 30 other states that have made English the official language. The legislation addresses government speech and recognizes the state's right to control the way it communicates with citizens and how citizens communicate with it, Terrill said. If approved by voters, the measure would prevent the state from having to deliver taxpayer services in a language other than English and avoid the cost of providing services in multiple languages by using translators and publishing state documents in various languages. "Translation costs money," Terrill said. "We know the costs are significant." The measure also adopts a federal government policy that encourages immigrants to assimilate into American society by speaking English. The bill carves out exceptions for American Indian languages and would not interfere with tribal language programs. English-only legislation died last year after it was opposed by tribal officials.