“It’s real simple. This is the United States. Speak English,” the county commissioner said.
A county commissioner from the Greater Houston metropolitan area went to a local TV station’s website to tell a county judge she should speak “English,” because “this is not Mexico.”
Local Houston media attempted reaching Tice at his home, but the best they could gather was this Facebook post by the commissioner, who claimed any statements by county officials like Hidalgo must have some type of interpretation into English. Texas borders Mexico for more than 1,200 miles, and many along that border speak both English and Spanish."As the Head of Emergency Management, Judge Hidalgo is directly responsible for the safety of all 4.5 million residents of Harris County, a third of whom are Spanish speakers," said Kiran Khalid, who’s Hidalgo’s head of communications."The vast majority of the public relies on local news for information in a time of crisis.
“It’s real simple. This is the United States. Speak English,” Tice said in the article. He went on to say, “This has nothing to do with race. If you come to this country, learn the language or get an interpreter.”
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