You’ll have to forgive my excitability on the subject!
But I have been closed on by several people here, for example, who have said things like, “You can tell they’re illegals just by looking at them.”
I can’t be more anti-illegal immigration-—but-— those kind of attitudes make me cringe.
And too often, we get sloppy with our generalizations and it’s used against us by demagogues like BOR.
On your last statement in particular we are in total agreement. My post was a bit poorly worded - sometimes you wish there was a “take back and revise” button :)
I own a business where 12 of my 23 employees are Guatemalans or other Hispanics with legal and up-to-date visas. Their English goes from exceedingly poor to very good. The ones with very good English are foremen, because the ones who can’t communicate can’t get the job done right.
However, I will say this - I can generally tell an illegal’s house just by the quantity and quality of cars outside, and the parking skills of the inhabitants (ie on the front lawn or neatly in the driveway).