I am against Illegals of all stripes (even if they are pale and Canadian). Nevertheless, the only people who should be concerned about "losing the language" are any first generation immigrants who's children prefer English after a steady diet of television and hip-hop MP3 files.
Besides, Brazilians don't speak Spanish anyway.
Be careful about generalizing from you own experience. I was just at a Cuban-Peruvian wedding several weeks ago. My Cuban friend's 11 year-old daughter barely speaks Spanish as you suggest. When I asked her mother, who is much more comfortable speaking Spanish, about this she told me that the children of "upper-class" Spanish families disdain Spanish because they see it as low-class. The bride's maid gave her speech in Spanish.
I am against Illegals of all stripes (even if they are pale and Canadian). Nevertheless, the only people who should be concerned about "losing the language" are any first generation immigrants who's children prefer English after a steady diet of television and hip-hop MP3 files.
I don't think we have to worry about paleface illegals from Canada. Do you think there are more than 50 such people here in this country? There's a steady diet of TV all right, and three channels here are in Spanish. Some of their programming is aimed at children. My friend's daughter isn't watching, but someone is.
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