Editing English-only movement (section)

==Support==
[[U.S. English (organization)|U.S. English]] is an organization that advocates for Official English, founded in the 1980s by former United States Senator [[S. I. Hayakawa]] and [[John Tanton]].<ref name="Schudel 2019">{{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=John Tanton, architect of anti-immigration and English-only efforts, dies at 85 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-tanton-architect-of-anti-immigration-and-english-only-efforts-dies-at-85/2019/07/21/2301f728-aa3f-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html |access-date=3 February 2023 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Portes 2002">{{cite journal |last1=Portes |first1=Alejandro |title=English-only triumphs, but the costs are high |journal=[[Contexts]] |date=Spring 2002 |pages=10-15 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/ctx.2002.1.1.10 |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> [[ProEnglish]] is another group founded by Tanton that advocates Official English.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Piggott |first1=Stephen |title=Anti-immigrant hate group ProEnglish visits White House |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/26/anti-immigrant-hate-group-proenglish-visits-white-house |access-date=3 February 2023 |work=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |date=January 26, 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, a Rasmussen poll found that 81% of American adults thought that English should be the official language of the United States, while 12% did not.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/april_2018/americans_strongly_favor_english_as_official_language|title = Americans Strongly Favor English as Official Language}}</ref>

In 2021, a Rasmussen poll found that 73% of Americans thought that English should be the official language, only 18% disagreed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2021/americans_still_support_english_as_official_language|title = Americans Still Support English as Official Language}}</ref>