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What are the drawbacks of becoming a bilingual nation? Plenty of places around the world do it. Furthermore, how is the proliferation of Spanish infringing upon your basic rights in such a way that you feel it necessary to fight back against it?
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Excellent question, but when it becomes a requirement to provide something in Spanish or something is only provided in Spanish when English has been the predominant language of this country for many years, I find that to be a difficult pill to swallow.
Furthermore, why is Spanish the predominant "secondary" language. If we are to be a multi-lingual country, so be it...I'm all for diversity but don't see why Spanish is given some precedence over all other languages in the United States nor why some resources within the US are provided with Spanish speaking individuals in mind but not any other language (and sometimes not English, i.e. Spanish only).
Interesting link on the controversy:
Yahoo on US Official National Language