Another insight that came out of our discussion is this: Why is it so few Americans know about this event, which was an obvious violation of the constitutional rights of so many US Citizens? The question of what we are taught and not taught is as interesting and complicated as history itself.
If you missed the event, Ms. Espinoza was kind enough to share the following resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation
http://webs.rps205.com/curriculum/ssandvoc/MexicanDeportation.html
On this website, you can see a short video Ms. Espinoza shared with us yesterday. It gives a great overview of the issue of Mexican repatriation:
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/fbalder/video2.html
http://www.amazon.com/Decade-Betrayal-Mexican-Repatriation-1930s/dp/0826339735