The reason is that it happened on the border of the U.S. and Mexico. This meant that American citizens were given reason to be immediately concerned not only about what undesirable effect that Mexicans could have on their family, but the effects that it could have on their motherland. This is the same idea that has lead to very extreme measures being taken back then and today to keep immigrants, mainly Mexicans, out of America...
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This is the same idea that has lead to very extreme measures being taken back then and today to keep immigrants, mainly Mexicans, out of America. Between the years of 1917 and 1983, Oregon had sterilized as many as 2600 people in the name of Eugenics. As if the later date of 1983 or the sheer number of people was not surprising enough, how about the fact that North Carolina admitted to the sterilization of 7600 people in the years between 1929 and 1974, and that 33 states had sterilization laws on the books at one time?(Stern pg...
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