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Salon
Salon
Politics
Griffin Eckstein

Trump to make English official language

President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order making English the official language of the United States, ending the nation's 250-year record of respecting linguistic diversity.

The order, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, will rescind a Clinton-era mandate requiring agencies to provide language assistance and accommodation to non-English speakers.

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