My mother's side of the family is all Mexican. She grew up in California, her mother, my grandmother, spoke spanish first, and english was her second language. My back ground is somewhat similar to nellie's and all of my family is here legally, as was Nellie's. Again, the only ones to be offended would be the people here ILLEGALLY!!!
Secondly, my dad's family is polish - (I call myself a polican) - and people make polish jokes all the time. They make me laugh - apparently we've earned that reputation somehow!!! I know who I am, where I come from and am comfortable enough with myself and background to laugh at a simple joke. Besides, I don't remember one specific ethnicity being mentioned or any one ethnicity being directly insulted, just that upon seing the patch they left........