[1][page needed] As a result, contemporary Mexican Americans may attribute their ancestry to one of the following roots: California's Spanish ranchos, a more recent migration, the children of braceros, or unauthorized migrants who eventually gained legal status under the "baby clause," or IRCA .
[citation needed] Latinos/as are a pan-ethnic group in the United States who are steadily growing[2] and who come from different countries in Latin America including Mexico, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Peru, and Brazil.
Traditionally, middle class status is based on one or more of the following indicators: income, level of education, occupation, home ownership.
[4] Racial discrimination and less favorable job markets make middle class minorities more susceptible to setbacks than their white counterparts .
However, they may also deal with their own struggles in the form of racial discrimination and accent prejudice, which they may experience more often in the U.S. compared to the previous privilege they held in their home country.