ProEnglish
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Headquarters | 20 F Street NW, 7th Floor |
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Executive Director | Stephen D. Guschov |
Website | www |
ProEnglish is an American nonprofit lobbying organization that is part of the English-only movement.[1] The group supports making English the only official language of the United States.[2] The group has also campaigned against immigration reform and bilingual education.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Anti-Defamation League, which track extremist groups in the United States, identify the group as an anti-immigrant group.[3][4] The SPLC designated the organization as a hate group.[5][6][7]
Founding and leadership
The group was founded in 1994 as English Language Advocates.
The group was originally based in
The group's former executive directors are K.C. McAlpin
Beliefs and activities
ProEnglish has been a major part of the "English-as-official-language movement."
The group's reported ties to the
ProEnglish was a major backer of the unsuccessful 2009
In 2013, ProEnglish vocally opposed the comprehensive immigration reform bill sponsored by the "Gang of Eight," a bipartisan group of U.S. senators. ProEnglish carried out a radio ad campaign against U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who was part of the Gang of Eight.[20]
In 2014, ProEnglish criticized
Litigation history
In 2005, ProEnglish was helping pay the legal fees of at least two employers who had an "English-only rule" requiring employees to speak only English while on the job.[2] ProEnglish paid the legal fees of Terri Bennett, a former nursing student at Pima Community College (PCC) in Tucson, Arizona, "who claimed she was wrongly suspended for complaining when fellow students spoke Spanish to one another in class."[26][24] At trial, the evidence showed that Bennett had called Hispanic classmates "spics, beaners and illegals" and the Spanish language "gibberish."[26] A jury unanimously rejected Bennett's claims, and in 2015 ordered her to pay $111,000 in attorney's fees to PCC.[26]
In 2008, ProEnglish, along with the
In EEOC v. Kidmans (2005), ProEnglish helped fund the litigation costs of a small
See also
References
- ^ a b Domenico Maceri, Multilingualism: Americans are embracing Spanish, International Herald Tribune (June 24, 2003).
- ^ a b c Miriam Jordan, Testing 'English Only' Rules: Employers Who Require Workers to Speak English Can Face Discrimination Suits, Wall Street Journal (November 8, 2005).
- ^ a b c d e Anti-Immigrant Group ProEnglish Fails With English-Only Effort in Maryland, Hatewatch, Southern Poverty Law Center (August 27, 2015).
- ^ a b c d Oren Segal, ProEnglish Attacks Super Bowl Ad Promoting America's Diversity, Anti-Defamation League (February 5, 2014).
- ^ a b "Active Anti-Immigrant Groups". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ^ a b Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2015, Southern Poverty Law Center (February 4, 2016).
- ^ a b Active Hate Groups 2016, Intelligence Report (February 15, 2017).
- ^ a b c d Christina Ziegler-McPherson, "English Only Groups" in Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia (Vol. 1: ed. Kathleen R. Arnold: Greenwood, 2011), p. 182.
- ^ a b Rosemary C. Salomone, True American (Harvard University Press, 2010), p. 148.
- ^ John Tanton's Network, Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center (2015).
- ^ About Us, US Inc.
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- ^ Brian Bennett & Joseph Tanfani, Group opposing immigration bill plans full-scale campaign on House, Los Angeles Times (July 13, 2013).
- ^ Sandra Del Valle, Language Rights and the Law in the United States: Finding Our Voices (Multilingual Matters, 2003), p. 79.
- ^ Testimony of Rosalie Pedalino Porter, Ed.D, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, ProEnglish, Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Regarding H.R. 997, the "English Language Unity Act" (August 2, 2012).
- ^ Robert W. Sussman, The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea (Harvard University Press, 2014), p. 299.
- ^ ProEnglish Board of Directors Welcomes New Executive Director Sam Pimm (press release), ProEnglish (June 2, 2016).
- ^ Meet the staff, ProEnglish (last accessed December 27, 2017).
- ^ a b Michael S. Rosenwald, Frederick County makes English its official language, Washington Post (February 22, 2012).
- ^ Jennifer Rubin, Gang of Eight moves forward, Washington Post (May 14, 2013).
- United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution(August 2, 2012).
- ^ a b c Desiree Evans, Largest funder of Nashville's failed English-only amendment had links to hate groups, Facing South, Institute for Southern Studies (January 27, 2009).
- ^ Patrick Caldwell, White Nationalists Agree: Multiculturalism Is Bad, The American Prospect (February 9, 2012).
- ^ a b Carol Ann Alaimo, Student suit vs. Pima College draws support of ProEnglish group, Arizona Daily Star (July 14, 2013).
- ^ a b Juanita Cousins, Nashville voters reject 'English First' proposal, Associated Press (January 22, 2009).
- ^ a b c Carol Ann Alaimo, Ex-student who sued Pima College must pay $111K, Arizona Daily Star (October 15, 2015).
- ^ Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by ProEnglish Over HHS Guidelines on Translation Services for Patients, Kaiser Health News (June 11, 2009).
- ^ Fighting Words How a tiny drive-in restaurant in Arizona became the center of a bitter battle over English-only rules in the workplace, CNN Money (May 1, 2003).
- ^ Dennis Barron, Not just freedom fries at this English-only drive-in?, The Web of Language (November 23, 2007).