A June report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute found that, based on their wage contributions to the economy alone, undocumented workers generate nearly 5% of California’s gross domestic product. That proportion rises to 9% when ripple effects of their labor are added.

Isais Alvarado, reportero de Univisión, tomo mi idea en cuenta de hacer un reportaje sobre la Repatriacion de miles Mexicanos en los 1930’s – dandoles la culpa, como ahora, por el crisis economico. Muy similar a esos tiempos, ahora la administracion de Trump le da la culpa a los inmigrantes – usandolos como chivo expiatorios – por un crisis económico para dividir nuestras comunidades y nuestros movimientos.

Isaias Alvarado, Univisión reporter, as part of an interview on the ICE raids occurring in L. A., took up my idea of doing a segment on the Repatriation of Mexican families in the 1930’s – who were used as scapegoats for the depression. Very similar to those times, the Trump administration is covering up an increasing federal debt and economic crisis – by placing the blame on our immigrant communities – and advancing all means of unjust enforcement to divide our communities and movements.