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Trump Decrees English As First-Ever Official Language In U.S.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring English as the United States' official language, the first designation of such kind.
The move, made Saturday, revokes a previous executive order by Bill Clinton in 2000 that aimed to improve access to services for people who had limited English proficiency. However, the newly instated policy doesn’t mandate any changes to how agencies currently conduct their missions, meaning that they are not required to amend or remove procedures or documents offered in languages other than English. At the time, the Founding Fathers felt no need to establish English as the official tongue, given that it was already dominant and doing so would potentially ostracize those who helped in the fight for independence who spoke Dutch, French or German.
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