Mexicans, the Italians of Today.

So lately I've been reading the memoir of a nun of Italian heritage, whose family immigrated to an industrial Midwest city in the early 20th century.

That got me to thinking about how Mexican immigrants are like the same today, with people often in low- and entry-level jobs and speaking their own language at home and some non-immigrants occasionally marrying them in moves that some neighbors look down on.

Only, these immigrants are from the same continent, and not across the ocean.