Commentary: Spanish has never been a foreign language in the United States
by Rosina Lozano, Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2018
3 minutes
Video recordings in very different settings caught two incidents of Spanish speakers being harassed or detained as perceived undocumented immigrants this month.
In midtown Manhattan, an attorney, Aaron Schlossberg, berated a restaurant owner after he heard workers speaking in Spanish. He ranted that they should speak English in "his country" and threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A world away in Montana, two American citizens, Ana Suda and Mimi Hernandez, recorded as they confronted a U.S. Border Patrol agent about why
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