▁Student ▁organizations ▁rarely ▁last ▁very ▁long . ▁But ▁ME Ch A ▁has ▁expanded ▁de cade ▁by ▁de cade . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁ME Ch A ▁experienced ▁a ▁de cade ▁of ▁slow ▁growth ▁yet ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁the ▁organization ▁saw ▁an ▁incred ible ▁ups ur ge ▁of ▁new ▁chap ters . ▁High ▁schools ▁students ▁led ▁the ▁charge ▁pre domin antly ▁within ▁California ▁and ▁likely ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁anti - imm igration ▁( H . R . ▁ 4 4 3 7 ) ▁legisl ation ▁proposed ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 0 0 s . ▁Much ▁like ▁when ▁ME Ch A ▁was ▁established , ▁student ▁mobil ization ▁has ▁prop elled ▁and ▁maintained ▁the ▁organization ▁relevant ▁for ▁nearly ▁fifty ▁years . ▁ ▁ME Ch A ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁organizations ▁and ▁groups ▁that ▁spons ored ▁the ▁Cin co ▁de ▁May o ▁movement , ▁the ▁others ▁included ▁the ▁Ch icano ▁student ▁groups ▁that ▁were ▁on ▁campus ▁and ▁the ▁community . ▁The ▁Cin co ▁de ▁May o ▁movement ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁big ▁cultural ▁events . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁A ▁passage ▁from ▁ME Ch A ' s ▁national ▁website ▁reads : ▁' As ▁Ch ican as ▁and ▁Ch ican os ▁of ▁A zt lán , ▁we ▁are ▁a ▁national ist ▁movement ▁of ▁Ind igen ous ▁G ente ▁that ▁lay ▁claim ▁to ▁the ▁land ▁that ▁is ▁our s ▁by ▁birth right . ▁As ▁a ▁national ist ▁movement ▁we ▁seek ▁to ▁free ▁our ▁people ▁from