1.   A sample dialogue follows, in which the uncomprehending immigrant is working as a dental assistant.

2.   Hernandez said many illegal immigrants work under fake Social-Security numbers and have income taxes withheld from their paychecks.

3.   In Illinois and the other Midwest states, the bureau said, Hispanic immigrants are working in construction, restaurants, small manufacturing and farming.

4.   Many unskilled immigrants work in restaurants and home-care jobs, helping people who are elderly or disabled.

5.   More Central American immigrants are working without documents or are using fake work permits because of a federal policy reversal that denies work authorization for political asylum applicants.

6.   Now, Hispanic immigrants work in packinghouses and service jobs.

7.   Once here, the immigrants must work off the debt or pay it by other means like prostitution or violent crime.

8.   The coalition is pushing Congress to take action in September on the Latino Immigration Fairness Act, which would upgrade the status of immigrants already working in this country.

9.   The Mexican immigrants worked long hours, struggling to make a living.

10.   The most immediate effect of the plan will be to allow immigrants to work legally in the United States.