I knew a legal Hispanic of Mexican background tell me that when she did a stint at MacDonalds, Mexicans would come up to here and start rattling off in Spanish. They’d get ticked off when she told them she didn’t speak the language (true - she was completely Americanized).
There was another Americanized girl I knew who did speak Spanish, and said that one time she worked in a mushroom plant in PA with a lot of Hispanics. When asked something in Spanish, she replied in English. One day one of the women said that she ought to learn Spanish. In fluent Mexican, she replied that when she was in Mexico, she spoke Spanish as a sign of respect for the people and their country - and - when she was in America, she spoke English for the same reason. If I wasn’t already married, I’d have gone for her.
>> fluent Mexican, she replied that when she was in Mexico, she spoke Spanish as a sign of respect for the people and their country <<
My wife is from Mexico and feels exactly that way. She does everything in English. She also gets very angry at illegal aliens and their supporters.
She also has made it clear that when we retire to Mexico (as a National, she can buy land at the coast) I will learn Spanish (better than my current rather pidgin version of it).