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President-elect Donald Trump’s recent promise to deport entire families of undocumented immigrants — including those who are American citizens — harkens back to “repatriation” programs of the 1930s, ...
California Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday called for the state to commemorate the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s, a 15-year period when nearly two million people of Mexican descent were deported ...
IT IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. NEW EFFORTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO RECOGNIZE A DARK CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CALIFORNIA HISTORY. LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR THE STATE TO PLACE A STATUE ...
For the first nine years of her life, Christine Valenciana’s mother, Emilia Castañeda, born in 1926, lived in Boyle Heights. She attended Bridge Street Elementary School and lived with her parents and ...
Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, calls for the state to commemorate the 1930s Mexican Repatriation during a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Hannah Poukish California ...