Mexican-Americans are following the Italian American trajectory

Immigration, frustration, then economic success, followed by becoming Republican https://twitter.com/nguyenthevote/status/1323835185264267264
I remember talking to Mexican-Americans who literally live next to the border, with the fence in their back yard, and hearing many of them talk about frustration with a US immigration policy that was too loose and needed more regulation
I remember talking to Mexican-Americans who literally live next to the border, with the fence in their back yard, and hearing many of them talk about frustration with a US immigration policy that was too loose and needed more regulation
I remember talking to Mexican-Americans who literally live next to the border, with the fence in their back yard, and hearing many of them talk about frustration with a US immigration policy that was too loose and needed more regulation
I remember talking to Mexican-Americans who literally live next to the border, with the fence in their back yard, and hearing many of them talk about frustration with a US immigration policy that was too loose and needed more regulation
I remember talking to Mexican-Americans who literally live next to the border, with the fence in their back yard, and hearing many of them talk about frustration with a US immigration policy that was too loose and needed more regulation
Also. Mexican Americans love America in a way that would embarrass many of the very well educated

They also really believe in the American Dream, without cynicism https://americancompass.org/the-commons/immigrants-and-the-american-dream/
Immigrants and the American Dream - American Compass

From my ten years documenting the poverty, pain, and frustration of lower-income communities it is easy to conclude that the American Dream is dead for the working class. There is one big exception...

https://americancompass.org/the-commons/immigrants-and-the-american-dream/
Trump hugging the American flag that gets mocked on twitter by blue checks.

That is absolute gold for a lot of newer immigrants
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