Originally Posted by california rick
In another thread, someone asked how one could tell if a person was "illegal" - I stated language barrier. I've been shown to be correct:
No Rick, you haven't. You've been shown to be part of the problem.

From another Pew report:
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Latinos cite language skills more frequently than immigration status, income/education or skin color as an explanation for discrimination against them. In 2007, 46% said it was the biggest cause of discrimination against Latinos.

The Pew report describes the sample included in the data displayed in table 8:
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Table 8 shows the education levels of respondents after excluding students, housewives and retirees from among those who reported not working in an industry in the U.S.
What you have done is taken these data regarding Hispanic immigrants not employed in an industry and applied them to all Hispanic immigrants. What the chart shows is that is that 82% of those surveyed who have little or no English language skill and who arrived less than six months ago are not employed in an industry.

It also shows that among respondents who have been in the US for 10 years or more, less than half lack English language skills. Are they any less "illegal" than those who arrived less than six months ago?

It says nothing about those who are employed in an industry. In other words, for example, it says nothing about the language skills of undocumented workers in the construction trades.

Steve
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