Toronado3800
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Wish I'd been there......
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 Aguirres testimony, Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirres interrupter, "Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?" Harris asked. "Why arent you speaking in English the
Read more: Why Arent You Speaking English? | Houston News - KTRH NewsRadio 740 Houston News, Weather, Traffic
My great grandparents never ventured far from their Italian barrio w/o the my grandmother or one of her sisters in tow. We are talking forty years in the country for great grandma by the time she died.
Some adults just do not have the gift or do not feel comfortable.