The old time Miami Cubans had a great way of keeping the language....

They would speak nothing but spanish to the kids until they started school, by the time they were 7 years old they were fluent in both.

But even Cubans assimilate. My Wife (the oldest) and her brother both speak totally fluent Spanish, yet the youngest brother only "understands" can barely speak a word and hes a first generation American.

Sal