| When I was born in January of 1932, another great | | | | We heard that he was counting the tanks that were |
| event was taking place. The United States | | | | rolling along the rail bed. We heard he had a |
| Government was invading the homes of Mexican | | | | shortwave radio that he used to report the daily count |
| Americans, scaring the hell out of their kids, rounding | | | | of trucks, guns, tanks, and what have you. When he |
| the families up like the Germans did the Jews, Poles, | | | | disappeared we knew "for sure" that he was a spy. |
| and others during World War II, and shipping them all | | | | I don't know what happened to him. He may have |
| back to Mexico without even their personal | | | | ended up in a camp. |
| possessions. | | | | I knew nothing about the Mexican deportation until I |
| All that has to be true because I read it in USA Today | | | | read it in USA Today. It was not in my history book. |
| and they knows such things. | | | | Of course the reason this is being resurrected is that |
| The purpose of the roundup, which I was too young to | | | | the Mexicans have not forgotten it. They don't like the |
| prevent, nor did I know it was occurring-it wasn't my | | | | new proposed legislation that could send them packing |
| fault-was that the Mexicans were working for a living. | | | | again. I don't blame them. They want the government |
| That indicated that they had jobs that were needed | | | | to apologize for the last deportations hoping that will |
| by Americans. | | | | stop them from doing it again. |
| Do I believe that? | | | | I think that we should call up the Marine reserves, arm |
| Not in out neighborhood. | | | | them with brooms, and sweep into Mexico. That will |
| Few people had jobs, especially the Mexicans. | | | | make the Mexicans hate us and no Mexican will want |
| During World War II, the West Coast was evacuated | | | | to immigrate into our country. We would strategically |
| of Japanese and they were placed in camps where I | | | | let them drive us out and allow them to set up a big |
| used to live in Arizona and here where I live now in | | | | defense line along their northern border that no one |
| Idaho. I knew this was going on because I was older. | | | | can penetrate again. Problem solved! (We mustn't get |
| Being a child, I kept my eyes on my close Japanese | | | | carried away with this and destroy their infrastructure |
| friends, hoping that they would not be put into camps. | | | | as we did in Iraq. We must run ahead of them as they |
| Fortunately, they were not. | | | | swing their machetes at our brooms.) |
| However, there was an old Japanese man that | | | | Hey! I'm just kidding! |
| walked along the railroad tracks gathering coal into a | | | | We need the Mexicans up here in Idaho to run our |
| gunny sack. We heard all kinds of rumors about that | | | | farms and factories. |
| poor old fellow who was just trying to keep warm. | | | | |