In other words, like every other respectable conservative mantra, this one is used to push the Republican Party to the left. It is a means by which Spanish-speaking children are kept monolingual. It would be prescribed by liberals. As I said, while teachers teach Hispanic children in that language, there is some pretense that, at some future date which is not specified, the children will begin to learn in English. This reminds one of another liberal program, affirmative action.
Affirmative action discriminates against whites to make up for white discrimination in the past.
Liberals say that there will come a time, sometime in the far, far future, when society has made up for past discrimination and affirmative action will end. We all know when those Hispanic children will begin to learn in English. It will be the same date when affirmative action is no longer imposed. It is the same date when the hottest part of Hell suffers a cold spell. So Bush opposes it.