A Quiet Victory for Latino Rights
In 1935 a federal court judge handed down a ruling that could have been disastrous for Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinos in the United States. However, in an unprecedented move, the Roosevelt administration wielded the power of qadministrative lawq to neutralize the decision and thereby dealt a severe blow to the nativist movement. A Quiet Victory for Latino Rights recounts this important but little-known story. To the dismay of some nativist groups, the Immigration Act of 1924, which limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted annually, did not apply to immigrants from Latin America. In response to nativist legal maneuverings, the 1935 decision said that the act could be applied to Mexican immigrants. That decision, which ruled that the Mexican petitioners were not qfree white person[s], q might have paved the road to segregation for all Latinos. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929, had worked to sensitize the Roosevelt administration to the tenuous position of Latinos in the United States. Advised by LULAC, the Mexican government, and the US State Department, the administration used its authority under administrative law to have all Mexican immigrants--and Mexican Americans--classified as qwhite.q It implemented the policy when the federal judiciary qacquiescedq to the New Deal, which in effect prevented further rulings. In recounting this story, complete with colorful characters and unlikely bedfellows, Patrick Lukens adds a significant chapter to the racial history of the United States.GA³mez, Manifest Destinies, Kindle Edition Locations 1855a1875. 43. Ibid., Kindle Edition Locations 1007a1033. 44. McCoyer, aDarkness ofa Different Color, a 136a 137. 45. Ibid., 168. 46. Montejano, Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texasanbsp;...
| Title | : | A Quiet Victory for Latino Rights |
| Author | : | Patrick D. Lukens |
| Publisher | : | University of Arizona Press - 2012-11-05 |
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