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Interview No. 532, Leonel J. Castillo

Combined Interviews

Biography; circumstances leading to his appointment as INS Commissioner, including anecdotes about high government officials; his work at INS, including opposition to his policies, unannounced visits to INS centers and problems encountered, participation in apprehending the undocumented and conversations with them; bridge demonstration at El Paso-Cd. Juarez in March, 1979; meetings with with Mexican officials; Carter Plan for the Undocumented; criticism of INS policies by Chicano groups; trip to refugee camp in Thailand in 1978; the "Boat People"; the Tortilla Curtain; meetings with Lopez Portillo; Cuban refugees; United Farm Workers Unions with respect to undocumented migration; the KKK incident; Mennonite …

Interview No. 257, Josephine Wong, Grace Got, Herlinda Leong

Combined Interviews

Background; how their grandfather came to Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; schooling in the United States and Hong Kong; their late brother; immigration attorney Wellington Chew; experiences growing up in a Mexican cultural environment.

Interview No. 728, Eloisa Carvalho

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; recollections of old El Paso; work as Assistant to the Probation Officer; her involvement in various political campaigns; problems of senior citizens; improvements in living conditions for Mexican-Americans.

Interview No. 725, Juan J. Gaítan

Combined Interviews

Estuvo en el ejército de Estados Unidos en el Departamento de Aviación por 4 años. Vivió 11 años en Los Angles, CA después de retirarse del ejército. Trabajó en una agencia de General Motors en Los Angeles, CA. Hizo algo de capital y se fue a Del Rio, TX y puso una gasolineriao Posteriormente se dedicó a la política y asumio los puestos de Regidor de la Ciudad y Mayor Interino. Después de seis años en la política le fue propuesto el puesto de investigador del Departamento del Trabajo, el cual acepto (su trabajo actual). Habla de la Depresión, de …

Interview No. 299, National Chicano/Latino Conference On Immigration

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of conference held in San Antonio, Texas.

Interview No. 297, Seminar: Immigration And Public Policy

Combined Interviews

Seminar to discuss immigration and its effects on the press, the law, employment and economy, education, and human services. Held in El Paso, Texas.

Interview No. 402, Luis Velarde

Combined Interviews

Work done by his agency; characteristics of migrants from Mexico in the 1970's.

Interview No. 302, Discussion On Immigration

Combined Interviews

Jose Jaquez Medina (CASA), Agnes Lujan (Comite Contra la represion del gran jurado federal), and Ezequiel Lopez (ATM) discuss repression, discrimination, undocumented workers, unions, and their effect on Chicanos.

Discussion is in Spanish.

Interview No. 412, George Rodríquez, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biographical background; education; discrimination; work experiences; immigration law and immigration lawyers; El Paso Mayer; Bert Williams; United States-Mexico relations; El Paso-Cd. Juárez economy; South El Paso business; Chicano/Mexican relations; shoplifting; President Echeverría of Mexico and his attitudes on Mexicans leaving Mexico; politics; Mexican American politicians; justice for Mexican Americans in El Paso; the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 172, Armond Jackson

Combined Interviews

Battle for Ciudad Juarez in 1919; agriculture in the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area; Mexican immigration; bracero and mojado deportations of the 1930's.

See also Interview no. 519

Interview No. 144.3, Felix López Urdiales

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; condiciones socioeconómicas en Cd. Juárez a principios del siglo; la Revolución Mexicana; inmigración y los Texas Rangers; experiencias como trabajador migrante en los Estados Unidos.

Biography; early social and economic conditions in Ciudad Juárez; the Mexican Revolution; immigration and the Texas Rangers; experiences as a migrant worker in the United States.

Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 157, Cleofas Calleros

Combined Interviews

Early life and migration to El Paso; reenganches and railroad workers; family background; immigration in Juarez-El Paso; beginning of work with U.S. Catholic Conference; Mexican evacuation, 1904-1905; housing in El Paso; Diaz-Taft meeting; wages in El Paso; refugees; World War I (brief); deportations of the 1930s; repatriations back to the United States; the term "Chicano."