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  • “Why Aren’t You Speaking English?” A Texas Senator is receiving praise and criticism.

    06/17/2011 5:15:27 AM PDT · by tje · 86 replies
    KTRH 740 ^ | Friday, June 17, 2011 | By KTRH STAFF
    During committee testimony this week in Austin, a Texas senator interrupted a Spanish speaker and telling him he should "be speaking in English" during a committee hearing. Antolin Aguirre of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition was testifying against Senate Bill 9 that would help crack down on illegal immigrants in Texas. Aguirre spoke through an interpreter even though he had been in the U.S. since 1988. Two minutes into Antolin Aguirre’s testimony, Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirre’s interrupter, "Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?" Harris asked. "Why aren’t you...