Miller writes: “In many states today the national language i…
Miller writes: “In many states today the national language is under pressure from the spread of international languages, especially English . . . and so there is a danger that the national language will wither away over the course of two or three generations. If this were to happen, one of the community’s most important distinguishing characteristics would have disappeared, its literature would become inaccessible except in translation, and so forth.” Miller uses this point to support which of the following claims in his defense of immigration restrictions?