This is what happens when you let citizens of another country come in, and there is no requirement for them to learn your language. The reason illegals and their supporters could put all this together under the radar is because they organized it all on Spanish radio and television. Few English speakers listen to the Spanish radio or watch Spanish TV.
Those of us who live on the border were not surprised. We have been trying to tell the country for years that there are many many more illegals than anyone realizes, that they are not assimilating, that they are trying to reconquer the Southwest, they believe it is their land. No one would listen. If they had listened instead of accusing us of being racists, no one would have been surprised. I hope people are listening now, because the hour is really late and a solution needs to be found. A major fence/barrier should be being built as we speak.
We are not in the corner yet, but if drastic steps are not taken we soon might be. Mexican War II is starting and the US is late to the party.
The problem is not one of ignorance.
The problem is one of agenda.
Those who call the shots do NOT want to stop the flow of illegals, because they benefit from the flow of illegals.
They're not stupid -- they realize this is not a popular position to take -- so, they feed us a diet of BS about how they're trying to come up with a plan...
Funny thing, though, how "the plan" always turns out to be a form of AMNESTY. And funny thing, they're smart enough to realize that "we the people" do NOT want an amnesty -- so, they simply slap a "This is NOT an Amnesty!" label on the amnesty plan!