Useful info on the USE site

There are a few pro-Official English organizations out there, but by far the most advanced is US English. They're the most powerful lobbying group for language policy, which is bad because, well, they're usually wrong. And while I will have plenty to say about them later, I wanted to point you to some of their research. It's a pretty good place to get raw data and statistics. And to be fair, they do occasionally give credence to the opposition (us, I guess).

I especially liked their report on "American Immigration", only because it underlines the fact that for many people, language policy is a subset of immigration policy. If you think about the last wave of language policy debates (official language, bilingual ballots, etc), it was only presented within the context of immigration reform. Unfortunately for our representatives, languages and the people that speak them need attention slightly more than every 20 years, when people get scared of illegal immigrants. I don't want to go to far and say a national language policy should be carved out in the meantime, as congress could only impede progress, but it's important to realize that when the courts say language is strongly identified with national origin, this is why.