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Nearly one-fifth of our fellow citizens are Latino. They are families who are impacted by our education system, by our economy, by our healthcare delivery, and by every policy we make here in Washington.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more.

A lot of Latinos are like me: third generation, English speaking.