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'''ProEnglish''' is a non-profit lobbying organization that describes itself as "the nation's leading advocate of official English".<ref name="ProEnglish">ProEnglish, "http://proenglish.org/about-us/mission.html ProEnglish Mission]", accessed June 7, 2013.</ref> The work of this anti-immigration group is dedicated to making English the one and only official language in the United States.<ref name="ProEnglish"</ref>. 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]].
==ProEnglish role in immigration reform bill backlash==
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 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/immigration-reform-framework_n_2566494.html/ agenda] introduced by a bipartisan group of senators in January.<ref name="PRwatch Immigration Article">Katie Lorenze, "[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12128/scaife-funded-network-works-hard-kill-immigration-reform Scaife-Funded Network Works Hard to Kill Immigration Reform]," ''PRWatch.org'', May 31, 2013.</ref> 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.<ref name="PRwatch Immigration Article"/>
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