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The Mark Simone Show

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The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

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4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Vincent in Brooklyn, NY, called in to sound off on how so many people are housing illegals in their residences. Peter from Jackson, New Jersey, discussed the importance of learning English in America. He emphasized that strong English skills can be crucial for citizenship and warned of the challenges that might arise for those who do not learn the language.

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0:00.0

Now more of the Mark Simone show on 710 W0R.

0:05.1

Filling in for Mark, here again is Ken Rosado.

0:09.3

And a very good Friday morning, too.

0:11.0

Good to be with you.

0:11.7

Mark has the weekend off.

0:13.0

Let's go to our busy phones, our good friend, Vincent in Brooklyn.

0:16.0

Good morning, Vincent.

0:17.3

Good morning, Ken.

0:18.8

Great to hear your voice.

0:21.5

Speaking of people having all these illegals in their apartment, and you were talking about the sewer

0:29.5

and the water lines. Well, two years ago, in my building, I had to have the main sewer line replaced because it was old and it had

0:41.2

wear and tear on it.

0:42.8

And it was pretty expensive, you know.

0:47.0

So these houses, most of them were only made to, as you pointed out, were made for so many people occupying the apartments

0:56.7

and everything.

0:57.9

In the 50s, my dad owned a large apartment building, and a lot of his tenants, they were

1:05.0

mainly Italian and Hispanic.

1:07.3

I remembered my mom telling my dad that so-and-so, a family member was coming from

1:15.8

such a place, and they were going to be caught back in those days, you had to have a sponsor,

1:21.3

you had to show you weren't going to be a burden to the system, you couldn't be on welfare

1:26.5

and everything, and my father would then go to the system you couldn't be on welfare and everything

1:28.0

and uh... my father would then go to the tenant and say well look

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