Senator Pushes School Course on Mass 1930s Deportations
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State Sen. Gil Cedillo is trying to shine some light on a shocking but little known episode in American history. He faces an uphill battle.
The Los Angeles Democrat is the author of a bill that would require public junior high and high schools to teach students about the deportation of about 2 million Latinos, including 400,000 Californians, to Mexico during the Great Depression.
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The deportation program was started in 1929 (and ran to 1944) by the Hoover administration, supposedly as a way to get rid of illegal immigrants and open up jobs during the Depression. Most of those rounded up and sent to Mexico were American citizens or legal immigrants, critics say.
Cedillo calls it “an embarrassment to all Americans.”
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Cedillo’s bill is scheduled to be considered today by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Even if the bill clears the Legislature, it faces a possible veto by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turned down similar legislation in 2006 that was introduced by then-Sen. Joe Dunn, a Democrat from Garden Grove.
(Posted on April 23, 2008)
Comments
Amazing that a country would think that looking after its own as more important than supplying argicultural jobs that at the time had literally blown away and left many American farmers and sharecropers on the road, looking for simple farm work.
Historically, the disaster set up the change from the post Civil War era of small farms and sharecroping to corporate farming developments, funded by banks.
Posted by Whiteplight at 4:24 PM on April 23
This just proves how hard it is to find examples of white racism.
If you cannnot find any current racism then re-hash the past.
Posted by Dennis at 4:29 PM on April 23
I don’t know, maybe teaching this will give some of OUR future politicians some ideas if they decide to run for office.
Posted by at 4:39 PM on April 23
Let’s face it. This is going to pass when the minority becomes the majority and every hater who opposed them will be a part of the curriculum.
Posted by sbuffalonative at 5:09 PM on April 23
The purpose of this course is to make hispanics hate “those evil whites” (ever more than they already do). It’s also meant to instill a deep sense of “victim class” syndrome in the minds of young hispanics.
Posted by Mark Fulton at 5:10 PM on April 23
“Between 1929 and 1935, some 163,900 people were deported from the country for being here illegally, of whom 35,000 were deported to Mexico, *roughly 20% of the total.*”
Basically, the “Immigration Act of 1917” barred all immigrants that were “over the age of 16 and illiterate” - since many Mexicans fell into that category, they were in the U.S. illegally and so were liable for deportation.
I suppose he won’t want an “amendment to the legislation” for the 80% of illegal immigrants from Canada/Europe, will he?
Or will he propose legislation requiring indoctrination of schoolchildren about Southern/Eastern European immigrants discriminated against in the various Immigration Acts as well?
Posted by Obscuratus at 5:11 PM on April 23
What do you expect from the Democrats ? It’s mostly because of them that we are in the mess we are in right now with this diversity nonsense and the illegal aliens. Their main goal is to obtain power and keep it by creating a dependent class of people who will have to vote for them if they want the government goodies to keep flowing. They don’t care about the future of this country or the people who built and maintained it.
Posted by N.J. MOE at 5:12 PM on April 23
Every day it is increasingly clear to me that we need a real revolution to turn this country around. These politicians, rather Dem or Rep make it their goal to undermine and destroy the white middle class.
Posted by Eric at 5:28 PM on April 23
These people want this school course to teach young people how awful this terrible country really is, which of course, they plead and beg and risk their lives to live in.
Posted by say no to hypocrites at 5:42 PM on April 23
“The Los Angeles Democrat is the author of a bill that would require public junior high and high schools to teach students about the deportation of about 2 million Latinos, including 400,000 Californians, to Mexico during the Great Depression.”
Is he going to include in the bill that these people were deported because they entered the country illegally and that every country on earth deports illegal immigrants?
Is he also going to copy the bill after Mexico’s law that is responsible for deporting twice that number back to Central and South America, after raping a good portion of the women and stealing whatever money they all had with them?
If not, why not?
Posted by Robert Kelly at 5:42 PM on April 23
Perhaps the course could be titled:
True Grit: How lessons from our heroic past can help us solve our present illegal immigration crisis
Posted by NoObamaNation at 5:44 PM on April 23
I am of the opinion that we can best teach about deportation by engaging in it. We can start with the 20,000,000 illegal aliens wandering the country right now.
Posted by Unemployed WASP at 5:50 PM on April 23
Gil Cedillo is a leading racist Mexican Reconquistador in the California assembly. He is a member of the Mexupremecest hate group MeCHA, which wants completely open borders with Mexico. He is the leading proponent of drivers licences for illegal aliens, even though Mexico doesnt do the same for illigal aliens in Mexico.What is even more amazing to me is how many white liberals trust him.
Posted by Peejay in Frisco at 6:00 PM on April 23
What’s Cedillo’s legal status? Did he become “legal” after he or his parents paid a “coyote” to bring them here? Time to back up the truck and deport a part of the California legislature.
Posted by gg at 6:07 PM on April 23
This article is not clear whether those that were deported were citizens or illegal aliens. If the children of illegals were deported, it once means that America, even the FDR variety, didn’t take the 14th Amendment literally, and understood it for its intent, i.e. to make black former slaves American citizens.
Otherwise, this will only serve to increase resentment and rage among young Mexicans in Mexifornia. I’m waiting for news about the first Mexican-on-white hate crime committed because the perp was mad about this “injustice.”
Posted by Question Diversity at 6:17 PM on April 23
I think it is dangerous to teach the kids this little tidbit. It might give them ideas (g).
Posted by nokangaroos at 6:20 PM on April 23
Another non-white commie bashing white America; so what else is new ?
Posted by Michigan patriot at 6:47 PM on April 23
In this article, “legal immigrants” are a separate category than American citizens, so we must assume that they were here on tourist visas or green cards or some such documentation. Such people have no right to remain in a country where they are no longer wanted, any more than I have a right to live in Nigeria or France. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that the “American citizens” were nothing but anchor babies, who have no claim on citizenship except by a dishonest reading of the 14th Amendment, which itself is invalid due to the fraudulent and tyrannical means of its ratification by the States. Just the usual lies piled upon lies.
Posted by Schoolteacher at 6:57 PM on April 23
So, its been done before and we survived. We must start to do it asap.
Posted by the Soviet Republic of New Jersey at 7:02 PM on April 23
Lol….that’s going to completely backfire. What will happen is, people will start going “Hey…that’s worked in the past so we should totally do that now”.
And they would be right. We totally SHOULD do that NOW.
Posted by at 7:27 PM on April 23
I’m all for an honest representation of the facts regarding injustices committed by our Government in the past.
However, we all know that this will not be taught in the proper context and will only serve to open old wounds as well as anger more “hispanics” and boost their erroneous claims that this land is theirs.
Philosophically, I consider myself a realist. I’ve come to the conclusion long ago that the future of this country, and the wider Western world, are doomed!
Posted by Stone at 7:32 PM on April 23
I wish U.S. politicans could be a little more focused on who they are suppossed to be representing and issues that affect the American people.
If they can’t do any good for the U.S. because they’ve gotten too used to just receiving a large some of money, they don’t have to do anything harmful. They’ll probably still be receiving their money- no harm done to we outsiders, middle-class Americans; we’ll get by like we always have.
Nothing ventured; nothing gained. Considering who it’s coming from, that seems better these days.
Posted by at 7:44 PM on April 23
“an embarrassment to all Americans.”
Don’t flatter yourself. Many of us do not want to live with you.
Posted by Tim at 8:32 PM on April 23
Cedillo calls it “an embarrassment to all Americans.”
This oughta help prove to the lemmings that sending back the 13-20 million “undocumented workers” is entirely out of the question. If anything they should be protesting in the streets to help secure equal rights for their “undocumented” brothers and sisters. In fact, they should think about deporting all of those workings-class and middle-class whites who oppose their bid to emancipate their brown-skinned brothas and sistas.
There is no race, but the human race! Lemmings of the World Unite!
Posted by Smash the Multi-Cultural Illusion! Hail a New Enlightenment! Abolish Human Domestication! at 8:49 PM on April 23
Teaching children about the deportation of 2 million Latinos?
Let’s make it a “how to” course!
Posted by at 9:14 PM on April 23
“The Los Angeles Democrat is the author of a bill that would require public junior high and high schools to teach students about the deportation of about 2 million Latinos, including 400,000 Californians, to Mexico during the Great Depression.”
It could be worse, the “Anglo” zombies could have left their opulent soup kitchens and ate the Mexican “food” available?
The undiluted stupidity and arrogant ignorance of “Latinos,” like all other nonwhite minorities in the West, is simply breathtaking. It is as if, 1608 through 2008 were measured in seconds, not centuries.
The USA has simply always been the cornucopia and bridge between those who have snuff boxes, against those who have bones through their noses?
Or put another way, no better case can be made for deporting, without compunction, 100 million nonwhites, for the benefit of the 200 million whites living in the USA today;
Enough said!
Posted by John PM at 9:16 PM on April 23
Personally, I find nothing wrong with what Hoover did, and to say that most of those deported were legal immigrants or american citizens is more than likely an outright lie. What race baiters like cedillo do not tell people is about all the whites from Europe back in the day that were not allowed into the country for various reasons. They would arrive at ellis island and be sent back to their native countries for age, health, economic, or political reasons. Hate mongers like cedillo would have everyone believe that if one was white that individual would automatically have the red carpet rolled out for them and the american government agencies would be tripping all over themselves to do everything they could for this individual for the sole reason that he was white. This white hating mexican piece of trash cedillo should be sent back to mexico because that is clearly where his loyalties lie. Garbage like him will never be american citizens in reality, once again proving that Hoover was right in what he did.
Posted by at 9:21 PM on April 23
I hate to say it, but it looks like what we need is another Depression. It’s an awful thought, but sometimes it’s necessary to give people a jolt to wake them up.
Too many years of too much prosperity have drawn all the flies and bugs to the picnic table — to the point where we have an infestation, and we need drastic measures to clear it out.
Posted by voter at 9:23 PM on April 23
I believe I read somewhere that Mexico gladly accepted them back because we paid them $10 a head. Now I can’t find that info anywhere.
Think about it. Why did Mexico accept them back? Why didn’t the Mexican government do something for its people? Why would they even allow them in the country? They had to be in agreement with the Americna government.
Mexico is a government and culture built on taking bribes, but you never hear about Mexico’s role in all this.
Posted by Lucas M at 9:29 PM on April 23
Perhaps we can deport 20-30 million during the New Depression………
Posted by James at 9:49 PM on April 23
“Teaching children about the deportation of 2 million Latinos?
Let’s make it a “how to” course! “
Posted by at 9:14 PM on April 23
> Yes, yes, yes! And teach it to those politicians who claim it can’t be done.
Posted by Whiteplight at 9:52 PM on April 23
For folks not familiar with California politicis, the Senator pushing this Gill Cedillo, has spent his career in the Senate trying to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens, so this is somewhat of a change for him. In any case, he is just one of the many run of the mill Mexican reconquista politicians that has in the past and is still in the process of ruining California.
Posted by Bobby at 10:01 PM on April 23
Pssssssssssssssssst we are in a depression now….start deporting them….opps I forgot….Bush welcomes them and kisses the butt of mexico’s presidents….maybe the next prez might help……we can only pray!!
Posted by lydia at 10:14 PM on April 23
Since Los Angeles, in fact California and Arizona in general, are now basically a province of Mexico again— seems like there’s little need to belabor an event like this. The descendants of all those deportees and tens of millions of others have basically taken over the neighborhoods and political leadership of California and Arizona entirely.
In the meantime, having seen their cities ruined, vandalism and crime rampant, drugs flooding into the neighborhoods everywhere, whites are fleeing California, Arizona and New Mexico in droves. Nobody wants to raise their kids there, for obvious reasons. Most wind up in the Mountain States or Midwest, or in some cases even leave the country— going to Central European places like Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Italy, wherever we have ancestry or language skills I guess. Quite a few people going to Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, which are probably among the whitest countries still remaining on the globe.
Posted by Casey James at 10:15 PM on April 23
This has been referred to as a Holocaust. Somehow I don’t think these history (guilt) lessons are going to have quite the same effect on blacks in LA as they’ve had on whites across the country.
Posted by at 10:16 PM on April 23
This is from the creep “One Bill Gil” who’s been trying to get driver’s licenses for illegals for years now. Much like Hillary/Obama/McCain, you can’t believe a word these people say.
Posted by Mark at 10:17 PM on April 23
Good, the class can highlight the racial inferiority of Mexicans and possible solutions to the Mexicans here now.
Posted by at 10:58 PM on April 23
So mass deportations are feasible after all.
Posted by at 11:38 PM on April 23
If 2 million illegals were deported in the 1930’s, this shows that mass deportations are logistically possible today in spite of what the liberals say.
Posted by at 12:21 AM on April 24
We are in a Depression, now. It is time to repeat history and send Pablo back.
Posted by flyingtiger at 12:25 AM on April 24
It is only an embarassment to ALL AMERICANS if ALL AMERICANS think so. Don’t hold your breath on that one, I do not sense any embarassment at all. In fact, sounds like a wonderful idea….it would improve this country totally and preserve jobs for Americans.
Posted by Memphomaniac at 12:49 AM on April 24
“…Basically, the “Immigration Act of 1917” barred all immigrants that were “over the age of 16 and illiterate.”
No wonder why the schools of my childhood were academically FAR superior to the multiculti morass out there today.
We knew back then that higher race and intelligence norms are the ONLY guarantees of a growing, thriving, successful nation.
But that was why the English Church was once also called, ‘stupor mundi’- her members were conversant in Latin, Greek, history, and were racially homogenous…
More’s the pity we are not learning from their example.
Posted by Fr. John at 9:51 AM on April 24
As depressing as this coming depression is, it does shine the light on WHY we’re suffering! Most of our woes - financial, societal, environmental, etc. - are a direct result of massive and out-of-control illegal immigration!
It’s about time that we put American needs over and above Mexican needs and corporate greed!
The more these illegal alien invaders and abetters complain, the more I want them OUT of our country!
Curious to see how their coming “May Day Protest” will unravel… I’m sure it’ll backfire on these illegal aliens just as their first “May Day Protest” did in 2006!
Power to the People and to heck with Mexico! Deportation is sounding better everyday!
Posted by Jackers at 10:58 AM on April 24
I could be wrong, but I think Cedillo is also the one who pushed AB 540 (tuition breaks for illegals at CA community colleges).
Posted by at 11:49 AM on April 24
Instead of propagandizing this as another liberal classroom guilt trip, and since a recession significantly worsened by the presence of illegals has hit our country, let’s re-institute the Hoover administration’s policy as current law.
Posted by Gary at 12:29 PM on April 24
We should think of how the Senate and House will look within fifteen years. Will white Americans fight for their piece of the pie.
When they are down to one car or none and their kids can’t get a decent education or a job, will they understand and make a stand or will it be to late start deportations.
Posted by at 1:29 PM on April 24
Cid Cedillo of course was a member of MECHA, the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan. They very openly advocate the hispanic demographic takeover of the southwestern states in the United States. Mecha chapters are all over our college campuses from sea to shining sea in the United States. They openly advocate hispanics along with their demographic dominance in the Southwestern US also taking over the political institutions as well. They are huge advocates of illegal immigration for the purpose of adding to their numbers of course as well as drivers licenses for illegals etc.. Corporate America and our banking establishment I’m going to stop and correct myself, I should say our transnational corporations and international banking establishment here in the United States insure that through their bought and paid for politicians and their big foundations like the Ford foundation and other foundations, that anti white racist groups like Mecha and League of United Latin American Citizens and Maldef (mexican american legal defense and education fund) get YOUR taxpayer dollars. Thats right your taxpayer dollars. Your taxpayer dollars are used to promote an agenda against you.
Posted by ChiefofClanFearghus at 4:10 PM on April 24
Our country is being poisoned into its own extermination by the liberals and neo-conartist in this country. What they did during the great depression was to try to stabilize the economy anyway they could. God bless them! The job force was all but obliterated soon after the 1929 market crash. They did the best they could with what they had to work with at that time. To Hell with all the whiners that wish to moan about the past. Let’s teach our kids something worthwhile for a change. But then, that would mean homeschooling or abolishing the teachers union. As a worthier poster than I likes to say….God help us all!!!!!
Posted by at 4:41 PM on April 24
We need this program again. I’ve nothing against illegal foreigners and I mean it. But we are a sovereign country and they do not dictate our policies. We have our own language and culture. Send them back to wherever they are sneaking in from and charge their home countries with the bills. Mexico owes us tens of billions and so do other countries such as in the Caribbean. If we the people are not sovereign and we the people can not dictate our future then let’s split up now. I would rather start anew while we still can.
Posted by Elrey Jones at 5:21 PM on April 24
I often wonder where the American parents are, with college age kids who have to put up with classes— that put them down. Again, apoligetically, I have to repeat, for the hundreth time, that the liberal/progressive programs instituted in this nation begun around forty years ago, have just about unglued, culturally, the fabric of traditional American Society. Its laws, customs, beliefs, aspirations, optimism,etc. I feel for the youth. They are the ones who are really going to pay for the “greatest generation” and the “baby boomers” utter neglect of the nation they inherited.
Posted by Bobby at 2:43 AM on April 25
“USA Today” in its typical leftwing inflammatory fashion (like the “black church burnings” hoax) ran a front page huge propaganda piece on this a year or so ago, without any challenge at all. But it turns out the thing about American citizens of Mexican origin being mass deported is another inflammatory BIG LIE. NON-citizen adults were the only ones deported. But many of them had CHILDREN who were American citizens who of course had to go with their parents until they were of age, upon which many returned to the U.S. That is the little detail they leave out when these propagandists talk about “U.S. CITIZENS” being deported.
BTW, I am very pro-Hispanic, especially very pro-Mexican-Hispanic.
Posted by at 12:39 AM on April 29