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Well, there are a lot of Spanish-Speaking countries nearby (most countries in the Americas have Spanish as an official language). Many people come to the USA from those Spanish-speaking countries for work.

Also, part of the USA used to belong first to Spain, then to Mexico, so there is a long history of both languages being used in the Southwest.

Until the border fence went up, there were areas of the southwest were the border was very porus, as well. People in some towns on different sides of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo would just wade across the river to shop and visit in the neighboring country on the other side of the river as easily as people in farmland areas can walk across to Canada and back.

There are so many Spanish-speaking people in many areas of the US, now, many non-native speakers have started seeing it as advantageous to learn the language, too.

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