Mexican Everyday Issues

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The article as you mentioned has provided us with an accurate description of Mexicans in our country. It has pain a picture of the different groups within this complex ethnic group such as recent immigrants, Chicanos, Mexican-oriented students, Mexican-American students, and Cholos. For me this article has impacted me positively helping me to understand the reasons behind the struggles that Mexicans face everyday at the schools. I am glad that educators are aware in the southeastern border of the US of these issues and working to implement programs to solve them.

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