Wednesday, August 07, 2002
False Claims by Anti-English Advocates
USA Today ran an article yesterday, "States seek solutions to influx of Spanish-speaking residents", which contianed this quote:
The Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers discrimination based on foreign language, though it is an aspect of the law that has not been consistently enforced, said Marcela Urrutia, a policy analyst with the Hispanic advocacy group, National Council of La Raza.
An executive order issued in 2000 by the Clinton administration sought to clarify that, ordering federal agencies and organizations receiving federal funds to ensure they have a system that provide services for limited English proficiency residents so they "can have meaningful access to them."
Given that the 1964 Civil Rights Act never mentioned language discrimination, this is, to put it charitably, a bit of a stretch.
|posted by Jim on 4:29 PM|
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