LA시카운티는실업자문제를해결하고연방정부가지원하는WellFare지원금을맥시코인이아닌

백인들에게혜택을주기위해맥시코인들이집단거주하고있는동부LA시를급습해서그들의신분이

불체자나미시민권자구별없이무조건체포해멕시코로강제송환했다.그들이떠난지역은인적없는

유령의시가지로변했다고그당시강제송환을피한사람들이증언하고있다.

아래는위키피디아에서퍼온그당시멕시칸거주지역습격상황이다.2차대전때나치독일이유태인집단

주거지와폴란드게토에서유태인을체포했든장면과별차이가없다.

ThestreetsofEastLosAngeles,aheavilypopulatedMexicanarea,weredesertedonlyafterthefirstfewdaysthatraidshadbeenconducted.Localmerchantscomplainedtoinvestigatorsthattheraidswerebadfortheirbusinesses.AccordingtoBalderrama,“Raidsassumedthelogisticsoffull-scaleparamilitaryoperations.Federalofficials,countrydeputysheriffs,andcitypolicecooperatedinlocalroundupsinordertoassuremaximumsuccess.”SheriffTraegerandhisdeputies’tacticsincludedlargeroundupsofMexicanswhowerearbitrarilyarrestedandtakentojailwithoutcheckingwhetherornotthepeoplewerecarryinglegaldocumentation.JoseDavidOrozcodescribedonhislocalradiostationthe““womencryinginthestreetswhennotfindingtheirhusbands”afterdeportationsweepshadoccurred.”MexicanConsulatesacrossthecountrywerereceivingcomplaintsof“harassment,beatings,heavy-handedtactics,andverbalabuse”(Balderrama79).

TheseraidsincludetheSanFernandoRaid,LaPlacitaRaid,andElMonteRaid.TheSanFernandoRaidtookplaceonAshWednesday.ImmigrationagentsanddeputiesblockedoffallexitstotheMexicanneighborhoodand“rodearoundtheneighborhoodwiththeirsirenswailingandadvisingpeopletosurrenderthemselvestotheauthorities.”TheLaPlacitaRaidoccurredonFebruary26,1931.LedbyWatkins,immigrationofficersenclosedaparkwith400Mexicans.EveryoneintheparkwasmadetolineupandshowevidenceoflegalentryintotheUnitedStatesbeforetheycouldleave.IntheElMonteRaid,300peoplewerestoppedandquestioned,13werejailed,andofthe13jailed,12wereMexican.

맥시코인강제송환은택사스주싼안토니아시에서도대대적으로맥시코인들을체포해기차로한번에몇천명씩맥시코로강제송환했다.맥시코와국경을맞대고있는타주에서도맥시코인들이체포되강제송환되였다.1929년부터1939년사이정확하게밝혀진외국인강제송환숫자는기록에없으나대략백만에서2백만정도의맥시코인들과그외외국인들이추방되였다는추정만할뿐이다.

멕시코인들과함께미국에서저임금으로농장에서이들과함께일하고있든필리핀인들도그들의고국인

필피핀으로40여만명정도가강제송환되였다.미국인들에게일자리를주기위한명분으로미국이불법적인외국인강제송환을저지른것이었다.칼리포나아주정부는그때의만행을2006년이되여서야비로서공식사과했다.

불법적인외국인강제추방이1939년에끝났으나불과몇년후일본이하와이진주만을공격하자미국정부는12만여명의일본계미국시민과합법거주자들을강제수용했다.트럼프가대선에당선되면21세기에도불법적인외국인강제추방이가능할까?그건트럼프가대선에당선되보아야알수있겠지만서도,누군가역사는돌고돈다고말하지않았나?역사에이변은항상돌연변이처럼나타난다,보라불과일년전만해도몇십만의시리아난민이유럽으로몰려갈것이라고는어떤누구도상상을하지못했었지않았나!21세기민주국가미국에서정상적인사고를가진인간이이라면주장할수없는외국인추방을주장하는돈키호태같은트럼프를대선에서도태시키는방법외에별다른방법이없는유색인종들은귀중한한표를트럼프아닌다른대선후보에주는방법이유일한대안이다.

LasGolondrinas(Swallow,제비)

멕시시코올림픽페막식때천명의Mariachi가합창해참석한모든사람들이눈물을흘렸다는

전설적인멕시코의이별곡LasGolondrinas(제비).이곡은맥시코를지배하든맥시밀리안황제에

의해프랑스로끌려간맥시코인의사가고향으로돌아갈수없는자신의처지를병들어떠나온

고향으로날아갈수없는제비에비유했다.