The main topic of this article is how Mexican-born people(not exclusive to Mexicans) are raised in the U.S. after leaving their homeland a long time ago. Brian De Los Santos(DACA recipient) talks in greater detail about how people in his shoes don’t realize as much as how much their identities can be perceived by people from their home country. Brian expected that upon arriving in Mexico(he got permission from the government) everything would be normal and that his identity should be like any other Mexican, but he was raised in the U.S. and had a distinct culture from Mexico. Before coming to the realization, Brian’s code switched very often to sound more Mexican even though he was raised in the U.S. Now, Brian has accepted that he might very well be a “poncho”, he isn’t as Mexican as he’d like to but he’s fine with it.

I can also connect to him because although I’m a proud Mexican. I’m very conscious that I’m not really the same as a Mexican raised in their homeland. I’m a Chicano, raised within the U.S. culture, I’ll always be different but that doesn’t bother me. I’ve even had my own experiences with meeting a Mexican raised in Mexico and noted the similarities between me and him, for starters, the use of special slangs was different than what I use, the Spanish was also different, and so much more. So yeah, Brain makes a good point.