Buddy of mine was born in Columbia, raised from 12 in NYC, and landed here in Montreal when he married a Montreal girl. Another buddy lived his entire life in Mexico before local crime wiped out his shop and he got his family the hell out.
They're my go-to guys for south and central American politics, and immigration attitudes in those regions. They have a lot to say about nationalism and how these countries feel about one another. People are tribal no matter where they are and there's a lot more complexity there than a lot of people seem to imagine. The world does not revolve around the US border.