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More Immigrants Today Look To Reduce Their Accents

With anti-immigrant sentiment on the rise in the U.S., some immigrants are turning to classes and private services to try to reduce their accents.

Tim Padgett ( @TimPadgett2) of WLRN in Miami reports.

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