US to get its official language soon? Trump's next big move revealed

US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the US, Washington Post reported citing White House officials. However, at what time Trump would sign the order is yet to be revealed.

The United States has never had an official language at the federal level but the issue has been problematic for certain states. Hundreds of languages are spoken in the U.S., the byproduct of the country’s long history of taking in immigrants from around the world.

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During the recent presidential campaign, Trump expressed concerns about migrants who do not speak English being relocated to communities like Springfield, Ohio. He also raised issues about migrant students facing communication challenges in classrooms.

"We have languages coming into our country that no instructor nationwide can speak," Trump said last year. "These are languages—it's the craziest thing—languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It's a very troubling situation."

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Trump to sign order to make English official US language

Trump’s order would also rescind former President Bill Clinton’s August 2000 directive requiring agencies and other recipients of federal funds to provide services for those with limited English proficiency, the sources said.

Agencies will still be able to provide documents and services in languages other than English, according to a White House summary of the order viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The summary of the order said the goal of making English the national language is to promote unity, establish efficiency in the government and provide a pathway to civic engagement.

In its nearly 250-year history, the US has never had a national language at the federal level.The use of Spanish in public life has sparked controversy over the years. In 2014, a state senator demanded that an immigrant rights activist speak English not his native Spanish at a legislative hearing.

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That rekindled a decades-old debate over whether it is proper to speak Spanish in Texas, which was once a part of Mexico and, before that, a part of the Spanish Empire. The issue has been painful for many older Mexican-American Texans who recall being punished for speaking Spanish in school in the 1950s.

Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a cornerstone of his presidency and he has promised the largest mass deportation operation in American history.