If you care about a child in America today, then you want that child to be able to speak English. Regardless of color or culture, a child who knows how to communicate in English improves his or her chances for success exponentially. And part of getting children to be able to speak English is helping their parents to achieve a basic proficiency in the language by establishing some common sense requirements.

This is an issue the press needs to cover. There should be more articles and interviews on this issue. Yet John Fund’s article is one of the only articles out there.

CNN should be asking this kind of question to candidates during debates, instead of ambushing Republicans with Clinton campaign plants to emphasize the issues that liberal CNN producers consider more important.

But the reason CNN doesn’t talk about this is the reason conservatives should talk about it. Good policy is good politics. This is a perfect example of an issue where Republicans doing the right thing will help them in the polls. Republicans can unite the country by emphasizing English education, and holding the line on this legislation.

I’d like to see Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have to take a stand on this amendment.

An old adage says, “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” Give a person special coddling treatment in his native language, and he’ll get through the day. Teach an immigrant, or anyone in this country, how to master the English language, and he can soar on eagle wings to capture the fullest measure of the American dream.

That is one thing all of us should support.