OFFICIAL ENGLISH
OFFICIAL ENGLISH, also Official English Movement. Collective names for campaigning groups whose aim is an amendment of the US Constitution, making English the official language of the republic. The organization US English belongs within this grouping. See ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMENDMENT, ENGLISH-ONLY MOVEMENT.
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