As a blond white illegal. The amount of times I was welcomed to the u.s. and the next sentence was about how most illegals should be deported was incredible. It made me angry at first but then I saw it.

In my esl class me, my brother, and Eric park (my south Korean friend) were the only ones to leave esl after a year. I had a kid from Guatemala spit on me because i was doing well in our integration class. I asked him to stop with the little spanish I picked up and his response was "hijo de puta" and spat on me. Well I got up grabbed him by the neck and started choking him until our teacher came slapped my arm and told me to stop.

Well my family even though we overstayed our tourism visa we became legal and most people ask me if I have a speech impediment before an accent (I hate that lol). The kid I choked out from Guatemala I saw him last in 09, still didn't speak English and was involved with a Mexican gang hopefully he's dead by now.

To me his progression or want to adapt was 0. I did have an advantage my family was upper middle class European immigrants to Brazil and we moved because our family business bankrupted but I did have a world class education. That kid from Guatemala already had rotten teeth at 11 but living in an English speaking country and not picking up the language in over a decade it's pathetic. That's why what the don says about the worse coming resonates so well with me. I am only average but life tipped my balance towards success but some of the other Hispanics holy shit. It was like they never attended school nor had a desire to learn. Just sad and I mean I'd love to see them succeed however I don't think they even knew how to read or write in their native tongue...as I said sad people that can't integrate. They were the worst of what their country had to offer.