Nevada agencies discuss Trump's order on English as official U.S. language

Trump Sets English-Only Rule for Questions to Migration Agency

The administration has directed DHS to end language translation services for people calling for information about their immigration status.

Kristin Roberts-Raymond: Wasn’t English already America’s official language?

On March 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. If you are like many of the college students who take my class on language in the U.S., you might…

A single-language ideology is all about power

The recent executive order making English the country's official language is a tool for exclusion.

Nevada agencies discuss Trump's order on English as official U.S. language

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - The United States is known for being a melting pot of cultures, and dialects, but with President Trump's new executive order mandating that English be the official language what does that mean for those who don't speak the language proficiently or at all? "The impact could be far and wide depending on how implementation actually occurs or it could have almost no impact at all," Athar Haseebullah, Executive Director of the ACLU…

We Need to Speak English to Make America Great Again

When my maternal grandfather, Israel Whitman, came to the U.S. from czarist Russia, he wouldn’t allow Yiddish to be spoken in his home. He knew that English was the key to success and believed he had a duty to his adopted country to speak its native tongue and ensure that his children did so. His descendants included businessmen, lawyers, doctors, judges, columnists and tenured professors of English literature. Without English, we can’t make Ame…

AI, Language and the Right to Be Understood

I recently came across a social media post by a colleague who declared she would immediately delete any email she believes was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). As an English as a Second Language (ESL) speaker, this is not merely a theoretical debate but my daily reality. While I may have valuable insights, knowledge and professional experience to share, communicating them in English can often feel more like navigating an obstacle cours…