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Originally Posted by Xenephex
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I am aware that English is not the official language of the U.S., but can you give me some actual basis for what I bolded above? Not jailhouse lawyer logic please, some kind of real facts.
Also, it is worth noting that English is the official language of most states and a number of our territories as well. While I can imagine situations in which a U.S. citizen might not speak English, and I'm sure there are actual examples somewhere, I seriously doubt that there are sufficient numbers of non-English speaking U.S. citizens to make your subsequent point more than moot.
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Some hospitals and courthouses are legally required to have interpreters on hand for dozens of languages. The story about the mental hospital in Oregon inquiring about a klingon interpreter was famous for a couple of days on the major news syndicates. Forcing hospitals and courthouses to hire interpreters for dozens of different languages incurs overhead costs that are very real, unlike the nonexistant federal policy toward language.