Ben Carson (R)
Ben Carson receives an overall grade of: C
Ben Carson receives a grade of N/A on the issue of Official English.
Ben Carson has not stated a position on the issue of making English the official language of the federal government.
Ben Carson receives a grade of N/A on the issue of Bilingual Ballots.
Ben Carson has not issued a policy statement on the issue of bilingual ballots. US law regarding naturalization of new citizens mandates that they pass an English comprehension test and, therefore, any immigrant with legal citizenship status can read a ballot. The only candidate in 2016 who has a record of explicitly calling for ballots to be exclusively English is Rick Santorum, and that was in the previous Presidential cycle.
Ben Carson receives a grade of 
on the issue of Amnesty.
In September of 2015, Ben Carson advocated securing the border to stop the influx of illegal immigrants and potential terrorists, and denying benefits to illegal aliens. Carson came out in favor of a pathway to legal status with a six-month registration window. Carson’s plan would grant only guest-worker status and require a criminal background check and payment of back taxes after going to the end of the line behind those who applied legally for citizenship. However, Carson made no mention of requiring a test of English proficiency as a condition of legal status, and he left it open to the American people to decide the question of citizenship for illegal immigrants in the long-term.
Ben Carson receives a grade of on the issue of Puerto Rican Statehood.
In November of 2015, Ben Carson came out in full support of statehood for Puerto Rico. Carson did not clarify whether statehood would be contingent upon holding a referendum, and did not stipulate that official English would be a pre-condition of admission to the Union. At a campaign event, Carson stated, “In a Carson administration, I will leave no stone unturned in my efforts to secure this important step in Puerto Rico’s history — establishing Estado 51.”
Ben Carson receives a grade of N/A on the issue of English-in-the-workplace.
Ben Carson’s campaign has not issued an official policy position on the issue of the right of employers to require employees to speak English on the job for all things work-related, such as business transactions, customer interactions, company communications, and meetings.
Ben Carson receives a grade of 
on the issue of Multiculturalism & Assimilation.
At the Values Voter Summit in 2015, Ben Carson defended America as a force for good in the world against those on the Left who see it as a force for evil, and advocated for assimilation of legal immigrants into the mainstream of American culture. Carson stated that “Political Correctness is ruining our Country.” Indeed, Carson took what is probably the boldest stance against political correctness of any candidate in the 2016 cycle. Carson inartfully stated on Meet The Press that he would not advocate electing a Muslim as President. He then clarified his position in an interview with The Hill by stating he did not intend that all Muslims should be banned from running, but only that he would not support a Muslim for President unless he “publicly rejected all the tenets of Sharia and lived a life consistent with that.” Presumably, this entails the view that the Constitution alone is the supreme law of the land.