The sign telling customers “This is America: When ordering please speak English” hit a nerve, one way or another, with nearly everyone who walked in the door. A year later, it’s still posted – much to the chagrin of rights groups who tried to get it taken down. “We never did anything illegal, we never violated anyone’s rights,” says Jimmy Reds, who has worked at Geno’s Steaks for 30 years. “It’s an overwhelming opinion in the United States. When you come here, you learn the language,” he says in a distinct Philly accent. That view is becoming more pronounced across the United States where politicians are grappling with national legislation to deal with millions of illegal immigrants. The Standard Deviants - Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) - Possessives, Verb + Infinitive, and the Past

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