No, and I'd venture to guess that is because everyone spoke English. Heck, even the Indians learned to, without objection or mass demonstrations.
Tell me, DesertGirl, do you think English should be made the official language of the United States?
What I think is that unless and until that happens, local and state governments have no choice but to do as the law requires. Ranting and railing against what we consider to be unfair is exactly what the immigrants do, isn't it? Simply saying that it has always been that way on one subject (language) and ignoring the same tradition on another (citizenship) is just as childish and unfair as the immigrants demanding "rights" they don't have simply by virtue of their being here.
As it stands now, the law is that if you are born on American soil, you are automatically a legal citizen. You are entitled to the same rights set forth in the constitution as anyone else, no matter what color your skin is or what language your mama teaches you from the cradle. That is the law. To advocate enforced violation of the law puts us on the same level as the immigrants we despise.
There is no question that the U.S. needs to reevaluate the immigration laws and changes need to happen, and that current laws need to be enforced, but all I see here lately is people who are pissed off and want to "get theirs" too. That doesn't help the situation. If you don't like the law, work to change it. Whining about it and soliciting others to whine along with you is degrading. People won't take you seriously for long. If we keep this up, we are only showing our bigotry and hatred for even the smallest of God's children.