I find it difficult to believe that
ANY LEGAL immigrant has lived alongside
born or naturalized American citizens
for any length of time and has NOT picked
up the lingo. It would seem more likely
the illegal immigrant is the one hiding
out in the community, avoiding any situation
that requires him to speak or answer questions.
You can always tell the illegals by the way
they drive...verrrry slowly and always on the
right hand side of the road. They'll go a
block past their turning point to avoid
going into that left hand lane. Safer to go
a block past and make three right hand turns!
And I'm serious.
Hubby worked as a firefighter in an illegal immigrant town here in Calif. They would pull up on a call and the whole family would start jibbering in Spanish. He and his 2 guys would just stand there and look at them, eventually the Mexicans would start speaking English when they realized that noone was going to speak Spanish for them.
Hubby speaks fluent Spanish. He refused to accommodate them and said that most of the time he heard them all trying to get their story straight before they came forward in English.
Lots of these calls were abuse, stabbings, etc.