Speaking to CNN’s National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta on Thursday, he stood by his comments.

“Obviously Spanish will be spoken here on the island. But this needs to be a bilingual country not just a Spanish speaking country,” he said. “Right now it is overwhelmingly Spanish speaking but it needs to have in order for it to integrate into American society, English has to be a language that is spoken here also and spoken universally.”…

Asked by a reporter if the language issue would be a deal breaker, Santorum said he considers the matter important.

“I think that would be a condition,” he said. “I think it’s important.”