Mexican Repatriation - Apologies

Apologies

The federal government has not apologized for the repatriations. In 2006, representatives Hilda Solis and Luis GutiƩrrez introduced a bill calling for a commission to study the issue, and called for an apology.

The state of California was the first state to apologize when it passed the "Apology Act for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program" in 2005, officially recognizing the "unconstitutional removal and coerced emigration of United States citizens and legal residents of Mexican descent" and apologizing to residents of California "for the fundamental violations of their basic civil liberties and constitutional rights committed during the period of illegal deportation and coerced emigration."

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