The other student was a Jehovah’s Witness, not a Mexican. (this time)
I have an inlaw that is in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. He says that leftists use the JW’s issues around flags and holidays to advance their own agendas.
He said that JW’s won’t rise to the flag or celebrate holidays but that they do not care if others do. In fact it is a distinctive and bonds them more completely.