MSNBC’s Diaz-Balart: Illegals Will Learn English After Receiving Amnesty

‘If those people could come out from under the shadows like maybe millions will be able to come out in short order, they’ll be able to speak English’

Jose Diaz-Balart: "A lot of people ask me, how can that lady be here for 14 years and not speak English better? Well, among other things, they live in fear every single day of walking out the door. And they don't have opportunities you and I do to have this conversation. They don't have the voice to be sharing ideas, concepts and dreams with and going to school because the simple act of walking outside their home is an act of courage and it's an act of fear because they could get picked up. If those people could come out from under the shadows like maybe millions will be able to come out in short order, they'll be able to speak English. Because what they want to do is be part of this community, participate more and be a substantial important element in the economy here. It's not because they don't want to learn English, it's because they have to live in the shadows in fear of being picked up when a mother goes to a bus stop to drop their children off to go to school."

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