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Letter of repatriation (1933) sent by Los Angeles government to resident (archive) "A Forgotten Injustice": documentary film by a Mexican-American whose grandmother was forced to leave the US during the repatriation. Review, trailer, archive of official site.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles is considered to be one of Los Angeles' oldest organizations advocating for immigrant rights. In 1986, the creation of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles or CHIRLA, was funded by the Ford Foundation in efforts to help educate immigrants about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
California lawmakers are considering a bill to make a statue memorializing the Mexican repatriation of the 1930s, ... In Los Angeles, up to 75,000 were deported by train in one year, according to ...
Hosted by writer and historian Nathan Masters, [1] each episode of Lost LA brings the primary sources of Los Angeles history to the screen in surprising new ways and connects them to the Los Angeles of today. Much of the past is lost to history, but through the region's archives, we can rediscover a forgotten Los Angeles.
The U.S. Border Patrol packed Mexican immigrants into trucks when transporting them to the border for deportation during Operation Wetback.. Operation Wetback was an immigration law enforcement initiative created by Joseph Swing, a retired United States Army lieutenant general and head of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
A federal judge wants an independent accounting of homeless programs in Los Angeles — including Mayor Karen Bass' signature Inside Safe initiative. The city controller is also planning an audit.
California Rural Legal Assistance was founded in 1966 by James D. Lorenz under the auspices of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty.The first meeting took place on Saturday, May 14, 1966, at 1411 West Olympic Avenue in Los Angeles, California.
In a carpark north of Los Angeles a makeshift wooden altar stands decorated with photographs of people. Some are smiling, others are serious but all were members of the Van Nuys homeless community ...