(Name-mce) ListServ City Vents Anger at Illegal Immigrants

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Isabel,
 
"Did you know that the US government deported US born citizens of Mexican  
ancestry in the 1930's and again the 1950's?"  What an interesting addition  to 
this conversation. Thank you for sharing. 
 
 Let's not forget that American Indians have been fighting illegal  
immigration since 1492.  They were only granted U.S. citizenship on June 2,  1924, 
despite the fact they were here thousands of years before European  Invasion.
 
Gina Boltz, Director
Native Village Publications
_http://www.nativevillage.org_ (http://www.nativevillage.org) 
A National Heritage Foundation
 
 
In a message dated 7/25/2006 7:20:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
isabel.vazquez at lausd.net writes:

I  thought the issue had to do with legality vs. illegality which can
only be  determined by law. Is it about the law or isn't it? We have no
way of  knowing if a person is here "illegally" unless we have access to
the  outcome of a decision made by an immigration judge (if found guilty
the  person is deported and no longer here)or to the signed voluntary
departure  agreement (the person is deported and no longer here). If
there has been no  hearing or voluntary departure agreement, then a
person has not been proven  to be in violation of the law by an impartial
judge. I do understand that  our world views on this issue are influenced
by privilege and historical  experience. Did you know that the US
government deported US born citizens  of Mexican ancestry in the 1930's
and again the 1950's? Do you know of any  US born citizens of European
ancestry that were deported "back" to Europe?  Let's get real here -- it
has everything to do with national origin. Do you  see any fences being
built along our northern border?  


 
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