Chris Zepeda-Millán, Associate Professor of Public Policy at UCLA Luskin, is quoted in a number of media outlets, including the New York Times, about the presence and meaning of the Mexican flag at ongoing protests in downtown Los Angeles. Interpretations and characterizations vary depending on the source. The story notes that government officials have cast the Mexican flag and other Latin American flags as symbols of insurrection by “illegal foreign invaders,” implying that protesters are not U.S. citizens. “They’re the children and grandchildren of immigrants,” said Zepeda-Millán, who also serves as chair of UCLA’s labor studies program and holds appointments in Chicana/o studies and political science at UCLA. “They have no doubt in their own citizenship or their own belonging here, but they understand the racial undertones of the attacks on immigrants,” he said, adding, “So you’re getting this reaction of ‘We’re not going to let you make us be ashamed of where our parents and grandparents came from.’”