The last few years that I was managing and most of my employees were Hispanic we used to joke about Mexican time, it was just one of the things we had to deal with. It got to the point were I was thinking about scheduling start times earlier than I needed so that I would be covered for when the person actually showed up. There was also the oh so convenient lapse in remembering things and I especially appreciated the 'No habla Ingles' from employees that I new darn well spoke passable English. This whole argument of them not deliberately missing hearings is a joke, they were probably advised by their attorney or the well developed support groups for illegal to not bother showing up because no one was going to come after them if they didn't.