How long will it take for Spanish to be the first language of America ?

Longer than you'd think... visit the north east.

-Endless

Unlikely the first language with the rest of the world making English mandatory! Politics You Know! As I am not prejudice, I feel it is wrong that English is not learned if you are an American! However, if your illegal than it is obvious you won't learn it since you don't care about laws anyway! hell, You don't care about anything except the money! Go AwaY! Your destroying our economy! I don't care if you do work most people don't want to do! I may sound angry and I am! Sorry! I am a liberal and I lived in California for over 30 years recently and the abuse by illegals and the rights that they do not deserve free when I am barely surviving and have to pay a great deal for! Should I not have first consideration? Hmm? Shouldn't I? I had to file bankruptcy because I couldn't pay for medical! I strongly support medical reform! I have many friends who immigrated and did it right! Then brought their family and did it right! They learned English and still have retained their own heritage! Gratefully I will be dead when this country gets into a civil war again over land and economy from illegal immigration! I feel sorry for my nephews and great nephews and nieces!

ten mintues...clock ticking.

I don't think it ever will.

Especially when you consider we're all going to die in 2012 :)

If I had to speculate, may never be the first. How ever most countries do have a second language so what wrong with Spanish being this countries second? All you people stuck on English can stay in the last century, I am preparing my child for this one.

its already in the making not to long.

I thought the ACLU had already done it.

It will naturally occur when its read and written by the majority of the population. Relax, Jack. Buy a book. Subscribe to a newspaper. Frequent a blog.

never

I've had this conversation with friends before and I think it will become another class division. It's one thing to have Spanish speakers at Best Buy and Kinkos and have loads of Spanish language tv - that will increase in the coming years. The language of government and business, however, will remain English and those who don't speak it will be left behind.

This country has never had an official language and it never will.