“The Border Patrol got started up in 1924, the year I was born. That’s when Mexicans got to be fugitives on our own land. Whether you lived on this side or that side, all Mexicans got harassed. Sometimes the police would come knocking on your door and pull you out. It didn’t matter if you were born over here or not. When I went to fight in Germany I’d tell people, Here los Anglos are fighting the Nazis. Over there, where I live, they treat us Mexicans as if they were the Nazis.” — spoken by the character of Abuelo Milton, from Ana Castillo’s book, The Guardians.