or ic ". ▁However , ▁the ▁N CL R ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁ME Ch A ' s ▁mission ▁statement ▁is ▁to ▁support ▁Lat ino ▁students ▁at ▁institutions ▁of ▁higher ▁education . ▁In ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁r het or ic ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁Plan ▁Esp irit ual ▁de ▁A zt lán , ▁the ▁N CL R ▁quoted ▁journalist ▁Gustav o ▁Are ll ano ▁who ▁commented ▁in ▁a ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁op - ed ▁article ," f ew ▁members ▁take ▁these ▁dated ▁re lic s ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁seriously , ▁if ▁they ▁even ▁bother ed ▁to ▁read ▁them ." ▁Within ▁the ▁article , ▁Arr all ano ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁ME Ch A ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁class ▁graduated ▁from ▁college ▁and ▁have ▁gone ▁on ▁to ▁successful ▁care ers , ▁a ▁r ar ity ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁only ▁ 1 2 % ▁of ▁Lat inos ▁have ▁a ▁college ▁degree . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁V oz ▁F ron ter iza , ▁a ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁ME Ch A ▁chapter ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁San ▁Diego ▁published ▁an ▁editor ial ▁entitled ▁" De ath ▁of ▁a ▁Mig ra ▁P ig ," ▁which ▁celebrated ▁the ▁recent ▁death ▁of ▁Luis ▁A . ▁Santiago , ▁a ▁Lat ino ▁Im m igration ▁and ▁Natural ization ▁Service ▁( IN S ) ▁officer ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁duty . ▁The ▁editor ial ▁stated ▁that ▁Santiago ▁was ▁a ▁" tra itor ... to