Inaneraofincreasinganti-immigrantsentimentandbigotry,eachofthese13storiesilluminatestheissuesaffectingtheMexicancommunityandshowsthebreadthofafrequentlystereotypedpopulation.Dreamersandtheirallies,thosewhocareaboutimmigrationjustice,andanyoneinterestedintheexperienceofMexicansintheUSwillrespondtothesestoriesofMexicanimmigrants(somedocumented,somenot)illuminatingtheircomplexlives.Regardlessofstatus,manyaresubjectedtorightsviolations,inequality,andviolence--allofwhichexistedwellbeforetheTrumpadministration--andhaveprofoundfeelingsofbeingunwantedinthecountrytheycallhome.There'sMonicaRobles,theundocumentedmotherofthreeUScitizenswhoisliterallyconfinedtoastripofterritorybetweentwocheckpoints--oneattheMexicoborderandonetwenty-sevenmilesnorthoftheborder.WemeetJeanetteVizguerra,whocametosymbolizethesanctuarymovementwhenshetookshelterinaDenverchurchinFebruary2017toavoiddeportation.(Laterthatyear,Timemagazinenamedheroneoftheonehundredmostinfluentialpeopleintheworld.)There'sDanielRodriguez,thefirstundocumentedimmigrationlawyerinArizonatosuccessfullyobtainalicensetopractice.AlbertoMendoza,whosufferedpersecutionasagaymanforyears,in2013foundedHonor41,anationalLatina/oLGBTQorganizationthatpromotespositiveimagesoftheircommunity.Aftercrossingtheborderillegallywithhismotherasachild,AlLabradalaterjoinedthemilitarytogetonapathtocitizenship;inMarch2017,hewaspromotedtocaptainintheLosAngelesPoliceDepartment.TheseandeightotherstorieswillbroadenhowyouthinkaboutMexicansinAmerica.