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For the first nine years of her life, Christine Valenciana’s mother, Emilia Castañeda, born in 1926, lived in Boyle Heights.

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 ...

More than one million people of Mexican descent, who were mostly American citizens, were rounded up in informal raids and deported after being blamed from taking jobs from other U.S. citizens in the ...

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 ...