President Trump is expected to sign an executive order declaring English the official language of the United States, two White House officials confirmed to Axios Friday. Why it matters: More than 350 languages are spoken in the "melting pot" of the U.

The order is expected to be largely symbolic but would be a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has long had ties to efforts to reduce immigration and restrict bilingual education.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, and activists and advocacy groups are alarmed by what that will mean for non-English speakers when it comes to immigration,