It’s kind of like she’s rubbing it in our faces.
Via Daily Caller:
An illegal immigrant who graduated from the University of California, San Diego this spring proudly waved a green, red and white Mexican flag as she walked across the stage during commencement ceremonies on Sunday.
The flag-waving UC San Diego graduate is Indira Esparza, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Esparza, 22, moved to the United States with her parents from Mexico when she was two years old. Her parents were (and presumably remain) illegal immigrants.
Taxpayer-funded officials at UC San Diego advised the Union-Tribune’s reporter and photographer on the scene to focus squarely on Esparza. It’s not clear if these administrators knew in advance that the student had plotted to pull the foreign flag stunt. […]
Esparza plans to become a teacher, and will immediately continuing her education by pursuing a Master’s degree at UCSD.
It’s not clear how Esparza obtained funding to attend UCSD as an undergraduate or how she will finance her Master’s degree.
In any case, the San Diego newspaper dutifully featured Esparza’s story and a photograph of her unfurling the Mexican flag on stage in its coverage of the graduation ceremony.
Local response to the flag fracas has been largely negative. The paper has received over a dozen angry letters. Reader comments below the story are also critical.
The Union-Tribune cites one comment saying: “I can’t imagine living illegally in another country, and waving an American flag in people’s faces. Rude.”