President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order declaring English as the official language of the United States, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not specify a timeline for the signing of the order, which was first reported by *The Wall Street Journal*.
The United States has never had an official language at the federal level, though the issue has remained contentious in several states.
The use of Spanish in public life has been a subject of debate for years, particularly in Texas. In 2011, a state senator demanded that an immigrant rights activist speak English rather than his native Spanish during a legislative hearing. The incident reignited discussions about whether Spanish should be spoken in Texas, a state that was historically part of Mexico and, before that, the Spanish Empire.
The issue remains deeply personal for many older Mexican-American Texans who recall being punished in school during the 1950s for speaking Spanish.
