Offer Government Services Only in English, Says Colorado GOP Senate Candidate
Peter Yu, a Republican candidate to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) in 2022, said last month that he supports providing federal government services exclusively in English.
“It’s actually a crime that we are allowing people to get by in other languages,” Yu said in October in response to a question from the audience at an October meeting of the Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club in Lakewood. “When you’re doing that, you’re actually handicapping that person. You know, if you want to just basically run around speaking Spanish or, you know, Russian or whatever else it may be, you’re never going to be able to succeed fully in this country.”
Currently, the U.S. is required to offer multilingual services from any agency that receives federal funding. For services such as federal court systems, federal health care programs, or immigration, either translated documents or an interpreter will be provided for non-English speakers.
Earlier this year, Yu said hate crimes against Asian-Americans in the U.S. were being overblown and exaggerated for political reasons.
“This racism thing? It’s a lie,” Yu said in August.
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