Martha Sandoval, a house cleaner in Mobile, filed a class-action lawsuit against the state for allegedly violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act by discriminating on the basis of national origin. In striking down the Sandoval suit, the Supreme Court did not directly address laws enacted by 25 states making English the official language. This ruling is hardly going to end the controversy. Proponents will insist that such laws improve efficiency and promote the learning of English. That has never been true and never will.
Most immigrant families know it.
Studies have shown that immigrants want to learn English. For those who don't learn it, their children do and their grandchildren speak only English. That will continue in the absence of any law making English the official language. It would be a response to a crisis that doesn't exist. Most immigrant Americans don't need English-only laws to grasp that reality.