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Not at all a miscalculation...rather that maybe facts on paper do not truely represent facts in reality or maybe location of concentrated illegals is higher in some places than in others. Numbers and estimations aside, I live in Winston-Salem, near a side of town what is called "Little Mexico". There, you'd think you were in Mexico, driving down the three main streets and several side streets because every house and apartment complex appears to be Hispanic. All the resturants and stores have spanish signage primarily. Being that I not only know about 200-300 of them from the time I used to work in a factory with them three to five years ago, I also attend a Spanish-speaking branch of my church where we have an average attendance of 65-75 people every week and a total of 132 on the roster. I know because I am the clerk. I also know that out of those 132 people, there are only two that are here legally because they were born in Texas, and both of them speak english well enough to never need me to interpret or translate for them. When I worked with those men and women in the factory (packaging plant) not a one of them could speak english well enough to communicate to management on their own and that is why I had a job as a mediator between them and the floor managers. Since I kept their work records and was basically their only link to a better life while working in the factory (I looked after their welfare while working in that horrible place), I was able to learn that not a one of them was here legally, but my employer (temp. agency) was able to hide that fact, stating that if their cards "appeared" legal, we were not to question them.
Based on this, I stand by my statement that in my area I cannot get a job with any insurance company as their Spanish interpreter on duty because here, there would be no work. Those that are actually legal are those that speak english well enough to not need me. Those that do not speak english are very likely illegal (based on my experience, not a website of guesses) and therefore I would not be able to earn a living as an interpreter for Nationwide or anyone else.
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