Sorry, but I don't see it as a problem. If the Hispanic immigrants want to speak Spanish - let them, and let the government do what it wishes. If you ask/tell a Hispanic to do something and they reply ' No habla Americano' tell them to go away. In this way 'rdywenur' your BP will stay as normal as it ever it. And if you really want something done, find an American-speaking person. In this way, any Spanish-speaking-only Hispanics will soon realise what language they have to learn to live in your country, whatever pandering the government does to them. I would say that this applies to all immigrant races also - after all if you went to live in France, you would HAVE to learn to listen to, speak, read and write French.
On the question of the EU official language, I do not completely agree. Let market forces develop the requirement unless all 25 countries agree. After all, 150 years ago when Britain was the major country in the world, almost everybody who could, spoke English as their second language, if it wasn't their first.
Being very racist here - if America does not want Europe to have English as the official lanuage - tough! America is not in Europe -united or not!!
Leslie (I have lived and worked in France - spoke French; I have lived and worked in Spain - spoke Spanish; I have worked in Poland - unfortunately my Polish is limited, but if I lived there I would HAVE to learn it)