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People here who are saying we are profliling when we say we have a pretty good idea who is illegal just haven't been around enough legal vs. illegal people to know...
This story makes about as much sense as all the others this person has told about supposedly confronting illegal aliens. I don't believe that it actually happened.
Perhaps because you lack the resolve you doubt others ability to stand up and do whats right? I have turned illegals in as well as company's I knew actively hired them. One being Taylor beef.
Not all of us have forgotten that in america americans should come first.
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Well spanish is very important, if you know it you can communicate with the rest of Latin America and Spain (Brazil included) why Brazil? because if you speak spanish and english learning portuguese is a cakewalk, and you can mixture both to be understood and understand.
Dear NewToCa, I hope you don't find my post a violation of the TOS, if you can see the words are so similar that it's almost imposible not to know what they mean in the foreign language.
English: Banana
Spanish: Banana (in some countries, but everyone will know what you are talking about)
Portuguese: Banana
^^^^ Triple threat???
As countries in America Latina keep raising in influence and economics more and more trade will be done in the Americas by American countries.
And who knows maybe 300 years in the future we'll be speaking at least in the Americas a new hybrid language composed of the mixture of English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, a new romance?
Love and Light!
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I worked for a bordertown school district south of Yuma, Arizona and I was treated like crap because I didn't speak Spanish. The town I worked in was a refuge for illegal immigrants. Some of the students even admitted to being illegal. I mean we are supposed to be teaching the kids English so why did they care if I could speak Spanish or not? My principal would always belittle me and refused to help me when I would have students who wouldn't behave. My students even told me that the only reason they wouldn't behave in my class is that I am white and don't speak Spanish. My principal did nothing about it. All I have to say is NEVER ACCEPT A TEACHING POSITION IN A BORDERTOWN. Not only did I get treated like crap for not speaking Spanish, but I had to have an interpreter with me if I needed to go somewhere outside of school because I don't speak Spanish. They speak Spanish in all of the stores and gas stations and no one in this town spoke a word of English.
To answer the question that originated this thread: Why do you need to speak Spanish? For the same reason we Mexicans and people from (I don't know) the rest of the world need to speak English in order to get better-paid jobs... because in some jobs we have to deal with people from other countries who don't speak our language. Like it or not, the positions that require Spanish do that because it's something needed or at least benefitial to their department.
Lots of English-speakers, especially from the US, think it's a given that the rest of the world has to learn, or has already learned, to speak English, so they don't need to learn other languages. Unfortunately for them, it's only natural that for lots of jobs people will be required to learn Spanish because they are in a continent in which a huuuge majority is Spanish-speaking, ie America. To those people who still think that Spanish does not have an effect in the whole continent culture by now as a second language, I suggest they move their stuff to the United Kingdom (I would say Europe, but then they will have the same problem with Germans, French, Austrians, uzw, uzw). That would spare them from a lot of frustration.
To answer the question that originated this thread: Why do you need to speak Spanish? For the same reason we Mexicans and people from (I don't know) the rest of the world need to speak English in order to get better-paid jobs... because in some jobs we have to deal with people from other countries who don't speak our language. Like it or not, the positions that require Spanish do that because it's something needed or at least benefitial to their department.
Lots of English-speakers, especially from the US, think it's a given that the rest of the world has to learn, or has already learned, to speak English, so they don't need to learn other languages. Unfortunately for them, it's only natural that for lots of jobs people will be required to learn Spanish because they are in a continent in which a huuuge majority is Spanish-speaking, ie America. To those people who still think that Spanish does not have an effect in the whole continent culture by now as a second language, I suggest they move their stuff to the United Kingdom (I would say Europe, but then they will have the same problem with Germans, French, Austrian, uzw, uzw).
Yeah. I'm just amazed that when you go to Latin America, everyone seems to speak English, yet the "Hispanics" we get moving to the United States appear to be the only ones from their entire countries who don't know English.
BTW, it's 10x easier for a foreigner to learn English, specifically places in Latin America, when they are inundated with American media. It's AMAZING how much you can learn by watching a foreign program with English subtitles, and in many Latin American countries, so much TV are American TV shows with Spanish subtitles.
Yeah. I'm just amazed that when you go to Latin America, everyone seems to speak English, yet the "Hispanics" we get moving to the United States appear to be the only ones from their entire countries who don't know English.
BTW, it's 10x easier for a foreigner to learn English, specifically places in Latin America, when they are inundated with American media. It's AMAZING how much you can learn by watching a foreign program with English subtitles, and in many Latin American countries, so much TV are American TV shows with Spanish subtitles.
Well, I'll have to correct you here: Definitely not everyone speaks English, just the people who have to work at restaurants and hotels or any other tourist sites. Other than that, the people who speak English is fewer than you think. About the TV shows, that information is also inaccurate. All the American TV shows are dubbed in Spanish. Only the ones shown in cable TV are subtitled, and even those end up being dubbed eventually. On the other hand, I wouldn't trust learning anything by subtitles, as those are not precisely accurate, both in English and Spanish.
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when they are inundated with American media.
Now the US is also inundated with Spanish-speaking media, but that doesn't mean that it's easier for English-speakers to learn Spanish, so the same applies viceversa.
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What percent of Americans actually even leave the border more than a couple of times their entire life? I'd bet 50% never leave beyond the border and if they do it's some place that speaks English and it would only be a couple of times in their lifetime.
So tell me why anyone would NEED to learn to speak Spanish if the only Spanish speakers they encounter (that cannot speak English) are here in the US?
Another question. Exactly how would speaking Spanish enhance the average American financially? I'd guess zero since communicating to a laborer isn't a big priority! Now if you are entering a field like International Communications (my field) then it makes a lot of sense as it can be quite lucrative but for the average wage earner that means nothing.
What percent of Americans actually even leave the border more than a couple of times their entire life? I'd bet 50% never leave beyond the border and if they do it's some place that speaks English and it would only be a couple of times in their lifetime. (...)
Remember, the emphasis is NEEDS.
The issue here is not speaking Spanish when you leave the border, but the need to speak Spanish for certain job positions.
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So tell me why anyone would NEED to learn to speak Spanish if the only Spanish speakers they encounter (that cannot speak English) are here in the US?
I think you just answered your own question here: Because they don't speak English.
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Another question. Exactly how would speaking Spanish enhance the average American financially? I'd guess zero since communicating to a laborer isn't a big priority! Now if you are entering a field like International Communications (my field) then it makes a lot of sense as it can be quite lucrative but for the average wage earner that means nothing.
Well, for one they'd have a job (that requires Spanish), and that in itself is financial enhancement. Communicating with a laborer is actually a very big priority, as the laborers are the ones that make the business function. As for it meaning nothing to the average wage earner: That's quite the speculation, but let's assume you're right. Even in that case, then the average wage earner doesn't need to learn Spanish, because they already have a job (also assuming that that certain job does not need to deal with Spanish speakers). Here what is being discussed are job postings or jobs who require Spanish-speaking, and your mention of the average wage earner is too broad, because there are average wage earners who actually need to speak Spanish.
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I think you just answered your own question here: Because they don't speak English.