By Victoria Valenzuela

Last fall, Sens. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) helped pass a piece of legislation that called for a Mexican Repatriation Memorial Project, which will place another plaque or monument in Los Angeles. Gonzalez’s great grandfather’s brother was deported during the repatriation period. Growing up, Gonzalez never learned about the Mexican repatriation, so she hopes the monument will help people learn about this history of mass deportations during the Great Depression.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do to just honor this past but also find ways to bring decency back to democracy and to let people know that undocumented residents, immigrants are not a threat,” Gonzalez said.

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