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SACRAMENTO - When Ruben Jimenez, now 79 and living in Whittier, was 7 years old, his parents were persuaded by a man from the U.S. government to exchange their nice home in East Los Angeles for 21 acres of what they thought was developed property in Mexicali.
It was the Great Depression and the government agent convinced his father that because of racism and severe unemployment, he was sure to lose his job with the gas company to an Anglo, so he might as well take the deal.See the full content of this document
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Of course, the Mexican land wasn't what was promised - there was no house, no running water and no electricity - and his parents had to work the land for years to get anywhere close to the life they had in the United States. Meanwhile, the government sold th...
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