:12:00
decided that the Mexicanos were
responsible for the whole thing.
:12:05
I mean, they were taking up
a lot of jobs.
:12:07
There's been a mistake!
:12:08
Jobs that were needed for what
they called " real" Americans.
:12:11
I have to get home
to my children!
:12:15
So La Migra made
some big sweeps
:12:18
through the barrio, and they
rounded up everyone they could.
:12:23
- Move along, lady!
- No! I live here!
:12:26
No! I belong here!
:12:32
It didn't matter if you were
a citizen. If you looked
:12:35
Mexicano, you were picked up
and shipped out.
:12:39
She'd just been out shopping.
She wasn't allowed to come home.
:12:43
My father was never told.
:12:47
She was all alone
and she was pregnant.
:12:50
All these things really happened.
:12:52
The year was 1933.
:12:55
Lock up! Back!
Okay, roll her out!
:13:35
The Southern Pacific Railroad
made the US Government a deal.
:13:39
For 14 dollars and 75 cents
a head
:13:42
they took the Mexicanos all the
way back into Central Mexico
:13:46
hoping they would never
be able to get back.
:13:59
Maria?
It's not possible.