Look, I was born and raised in So. Cal, went to N. Hollywood High. I have witnessed first hand how a good number of these people turn good nieghborhoods into slum, drug infested violent places.
I have also been to homes, as an insurance rep, (mid 80's) and dealt with the very people you speak of and they were some of the finest people I've ever met. (This was in the Oxnard and Ventura areas)
Most Americans, I don't think, have anything against anyone who wants to come to this country for a better life, but we insist that they follow the rules and assimilate. And no, I shouldn't have to push 1 for ENGLISH.
After all,citizenship in this country is a privilage and must be honored as so, if not, we will cease to be a country BTW, my last name is Montoya, Castillian Spanish
...and my last name is Moreno, and I still revert back to the issue of what your resolution is to deal with those that are already here? Since you have lived in CA, you know how many there are and how un-realistic it would be to just “enforce the law”. You would be talking about billions of $$$ plus separating families (most illegals have had children here which make them legal), crippling businesses, and tanking the economy of the entire west coast.