They encounter a frightening ordeal at a restaurant with a legal immigrant from Mexico. “‘You get out of here. Illegals. What about the rest of us? What about us, cabrones? I came here LEGALLY! You hear that, LEGAL. You criminals come in here, make me look bad? I’m sorry but you have to leave. Get out!’” (Urrea 281). The legal Mexican in this scene set an obvious difference between the legals immigrants and the illegal immigrants. Nayeli and Tacho did not realize that another Mexican will get mad at them for illegally crossing the border. This creates an emotional hurdle between illegal immigrant and legal immigrants. It is an emotional border that symbolizes that you can have differences even when you are extremely
They encounter a frightening ordeal at a restaurant with a legal immigrant from Mexico. “‘You get out of here. Illegals. What about the rest of us? What about us, cabrones? I came here LEGALLY! You hear that, LEGAL. You criminals come in here, make me look bad? I’m sorry but you have to leave. Get out!’” (Urrea 281). The legal Mexican in this scene set an obvious difference between the legals immigrants and the illegal immigrants. Nayeli and Tacho did not realize that another Mexican will get mad at them for illegally crossing the border. This creates an emotional hurdle between illegal immigrant and legal immigrants. It is an emotional border that symbolizes that you can have differences even when you are extremely