ProEnglish
ProEnglish is a non-profit lobbying organization that describes itself as "the nation's leading advocate of official English".[1] The work of this anti-immigration group is dedicated to making English the one and only official language in the United States.[1]. ProEnglish was founded by John Tanton under the name English Language Advocates in 1994, become incorporated with a slew of other anti-immigration organization comprising the John Tanton Network.
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ProEnglish role in immigration reform bill backlash
ProEnglish speaks out against new immigration bill In 2013, ProEnglish has played a major role in the anti-immigration reform movement, along with numerous other groups in the John Tanton Network. This backlash comes in response to an immigration reform agenda introduced by a bipartisan group of senators in January.[2] ProEnglish has received $285,000 since 2001 from the Scaife Foundations, the sole funder of the organization and a strong supporter of anti-immigration laws.[2] They released the video clip shown on the right of the page defending English
Personnel
- John Tanton: Founder
Board of Directors
- Dr. Rosalie Porter
- Dr. Cliff Colwell
- K.C. McAlpin
- Phil Kent
- Dr. Asgar Asgarov
- Gerda Bikales
- Leo Sorensen
- Bob Park
Contact Details
- Web: http://proenglish.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/proenglish
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/proenglishUSA
1601 N. Kent St.
Suite 1100
Arlington, VA 22209
(p) 703-816-8821 (f) 571-527-2813
Resources and Articles
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 ProEnglish, "http://proenglish.org/about-us/mission.html ProEnglish Mission]", accessed June 7, 2013.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Katie Lorenze, "Scaife-Funded Network Works Hard to Kill Immigration Reform," PRWatch.org, May 31, 2013.
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