Mexican Americans

I was with some friends recently at Walmart in Dubuque where there happened to be a couple speaking spanish to each other. I wasn't sure of their nationality because not everyone dark who speaks Spanish is Mexican. I hardly caught up on what they were saying with the natural fluency of which they spoke. Then I started thinking about my history class. Lately we've been discussing a lot about illegal immigration. Apparently less than fifty percent of those who cross the Mexican-American border into the United States illegally are actually from Mexico. Most of them are legal and there are two main factors why they come here, push and pull factors. These are reasons that they decide to come here or leave their homeland. America is seen as a land of opportunity where anyone can achieve success and live a better life. Central and South America add up to the majority of illegal immigrants in the U.S. that get here by crossing the Mexico border. In class we talked about how people shouldn't discriminate Mexicans for being in our country. People see them as taking our jobs, yet we wouldn't work many of them anyway for the low pay that they accept. Some of us are ignorant and believe they shouldn't be able to speak Spanish in our country. I believe they should, secrets aren't wrong and that's just away to keep things personal, especially when talking in public. We speak English in foreign countries as if it's no big deal. I think things are good with the diversity in the world. There is no need for an international language with all of the translators out there. Everyone has their own beliefs and I just wanted to share some of mine. I don't think that all illegal immigrants should be lumped together as just Mexicans. There are too many Americans that are ignorant with their dislike toward them