This is what Republicans have done. They do it to gays, to Muslims, to women and now Hispanics. They made "liberal" a dirty word. They made "atheist" dangerous. They make the president an "illegal alien/terrorist/Marxist/Fascist/Communist/Socialist/racist". They made "education" something to mock.
It's as if all the worst attributes in America has come together in a single political party.
There was a Poem by Martin Niemöller that was said to have been written in 1946. I've added a few.
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for the gays, and I did not speak out - because I was not a gay;
Then they came for the Feminists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a woman;
Then they came for the liberals, and I did not speak out - because I was not a liberal;
Then they came for the atheists, and I did not speak out - because I was not an atheist;
Then they came for the Hispanics, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Hispanic;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.
It is interesting that you bring up a poem that was written during a war that Latin Americans did the least to help out in. Except for the brave Brazilians who sent 25,000 troops of course.
I don't know how much truth there is to this article but I found it interesting.
However, only the already modernized Mexican Air Force was to actually engage in combat. Mexican pilots received additional training in the United States and in 1945 fought valiantly in the air war in the Phillipines. Only one squadron, Number 201, actually saw combat. Nicknamed "The Aztec Eagles," they flew P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and offered close ground support for U.S. and Philipino ground forces as they struggled to liberate the islands from the Japanese. Decorated by the United States, Mexico and the Phillipines, its 31 pilots and approximately 150 ground support personnel were the only Mexican military force to serve outside of Mexico. Of the squadron's 31 pilots, 5 were killed in action. Its personnel, both pilots and ground support elements certainly deserve to be regarded as heros by both Mexico and the United States.
Mexico - forgotten World War II ally : Mexico History