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WHAT OFFICIAL LANGUAGE?

A collection of stories from today's Huffington Post Latino Voices

 

Bilingual Border Cities Contest Movement To Make English The Official Language

"All government business is done in English here. I don't need an official law saying that English is the de facto language. Everyone knows that already," said John Cook, mayor of El Paso, Texas -- a border city in which 73 percent of its 800,000 inhabitants say they speak Spanish at home.

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Alabama Immigration Crackdown Costs State Up To $11 Billion, Study Says

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Feb 1 (Reuters) - Alabama's crackdown on undocumented immigrants, widely seen as the toughest in the United States, has cost the state's economy up to $10.8 billion, according to a new study.

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Lindsay Lohan Sued By Dominican Nanny After Car Accident

If you see a red-haired celebrity barreling down the street in a Maserati, get out of her way! Chisme queen Lindsay Lohan got served a lawsuit this week after hitting a Dominican-American nanny with her sports car!

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