Evidence #1- Carol, the officer, took the documents and detained a Mexican American.

Charge #2- Keira, Arresting Legal Americans

Evidence #2- Carol, Arresting people who "Looked Mexican."

Charge #3- Keira, Guarding exits and demanding to see people's papers

Evidence #3- Kaitlyn, Many people did not have papers when they were asked, leading them to get detained.

Evidence: "Enganchistas, contractors

working for your big U.S. companies, crossed

the border, sometimes going deep into Mex-

ico, to search for Mexican workers" (Jack L)

Charge 2: Prioritizing profits over workers' well-being (kyle)

Evidence: "The real story is that white workers are much

more likely to be part of a labor union. Labor

unions mean higher wages. And that means lower

profits and less control for you" (Alex)

Charge 3: Causing the Great Depression through wage suppression (Jack)

Evidence: "Your decades of attacks on unions, your fight

against minimum wage and maximum hour laws

left too many workers with too little. If people

don’t earn enough money to spend, businesses

fail, and unemployment soars." (clement)

Charge 4: Creating the conditions that led to the deportation crisis (alex)

Evidence: "But you created this dog-eat-dog economy, and it

is turning government and white workers against

the nation’s most vulnerable members" (kyle)

Illegal and inhumane deportation

Evidence 1 - Kasey

"You terrorized communities, broke up families, and denied people of Mexican ancestry their human and constitutional rights."

Charge 2 - Enes

Hate crimes

Evidence 2 - Enes

"you lobbied Congress to reauthorize the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act;" minorities were targeted while there were no laws against others like Europeans, for example.

Charge 3 - Lori

Arresting/detaining innocent people

Evidence 3 - Huda

"Your government agents detained and arrested people without warrants, refused to let them see a lawyer, and held people in local jails with no access to interpreters."

Evidence #1 - Spreading racist speech in their magazine called Advocate (Abigail)

Charge #2 - promoting racist laws (Caelin)

Evidence #2 - reauthorized the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act (Caelin)

Charge #3 - anti-Mexican propaganda (Megha)

Evidence #3 - led members of the union to believe that getting rid of Mexicans would open up jobs (Megha)

Charge #4 - terrorism (Phillip)

Evidence #4 - splitting up families and communities (Trent)

(Gabe)

Evidence #1: 1901 you lobbied congress to reauthorize the 1882 Chinese exclusion act.

(Matthew)

Charge #2: Demonizing immigrant workers

(Sofia)

Evidence #2: By saying they are responsible for low wages

(Sofia)

Charge #3: Pushing racist laws and anti-immigrant message (Bella)

Evidence: Magazine "Advocate" spread racist ideas to readers. (Payton)

Evidence 1: Firing people to replace them with American workers during the depression (Gabriel S)

Charge 2: Greed (Myles)

Evidence 2: Hired Mexican workers before the depression to save on costs, and during the depression they fired them (Myles)

Charge 3: Didn't care about workers (Julian H)

Evidence 3: Didn't care about the workers safety and well-being which led to workplace injuries and deaths (Julian H)

Charge 4: Unfair living conditions (Hrudhay)

Evidence 4: While being underpaid, the people who employed them ended up firing them too (Hrudhay)

Evidence: "Enganchistas contractors" (Cali)

Charge 2: Prioritizing our financial gains over the wellbeing of the workers (Marina)

Evidence "your effort to protect your own wealth and status, no matter who gets hurt, is to blame for this crisis." (Marina)

Charge 3: Taking advantage of Mexican workers knowingly they won't join labor unions (Monse)

Evidence: "attacks on unions, your fight against minimum wage and maximum hour laws left too many workers with too little" (Ahtziry)

• "The media spread these racist stereotypes. People read this garbage and many people believe it.”

Charge #2 (Hudson & Dillan): The media spread racist stereotypes by using inhumane words to describe Mexicans, like “Alien”, which isolated Mexican Americans from society.

• "You may say that you merely publish ideas; you may insist that headlines do not deport people and that it is not your fault that racism sells papers.”

Charge #3 (Saul & Chris): Magnifying Racial Opinion on Mexicans

• "What you have printed are not

  facts, but dangerous, racist misinformation that is

  fueling an attack on innocent communities.”

  
  

Illegal mass deportation of Mexican Americans.

Evidence

"one man had in the park, Moises Gonzales, did have his documents" It should not be reasonable to arrest someone even after proving that he is legal. Further proving that these arrests were completely unlawful.

Charge 2 (Nick P)

Illegal raids and arrests on innocent people with no warrant or reason.

Evidence: "you are the men who have led the street sweeps of people who looked Mexican" Arresting people based of their appearance is unlawful and not a reason to raid someone's home.

Charge 3 (Evan N)

Forcing citizens to prove their citizenship

Evidence "You lined up individuals, demanding to see their papers" This is unlawful as you should not be forced to give proof of your citizenship at any given moment with the fear of an arrest.

Charge 4 (Mason)

people had their constitutional rights violated.

Evidence: "but every government worker takes an oath to uphold the constitution and you broke that oath."

Charge 5 (Alex)

Tricking or forcing Mexican American to leave the country.

Evidence

"you will also say that some of the "deportees" are not being deported at all- they are leaving voluntarily. But you are showing confusion and terror, tricking even citizens to believe they have to leave." This is not lawful as these people are being told they must leave when legally they must leave even when that is not true. They will lose everything and they are legally have the right to live here.

Evidence #1 : “Your anti-Mexican propaganda has led your membership to support of the current roundups and deportations.You led your members to believe that getting rid of Mexicans would open up jobs for “deserving” Americans.”

- Sanviti

Charge #2 : Getting rid of Mexicans for more job opportunities

Evidence #2 : You led your members to believe that getting rid of Mexicans would open up jobs for “deserving” Americans...the Advocate, spread these racist ideas to its readers.“Is it a pretty sight to see men, brawny American men with callouses on their hands and empty stomachs — sitting idly on benches in the plaza, while slim-legged peons with tortillas in their stomachs work in the tall building across the way? sitting idly on benches in the plaza, while slim-legged peons with tortillas in their stomachs work in the tall building across the way? Do you prefer the name Fernandez, alien, to the name, James, citizen, on your payroll?”

- Kimberly

Charge #3 : Deported a million Mexican Americans unconstitutionally/ illegally for 10 years not caring if they were lawful citizens or not, ignoring the 14th amendment .

Evidence #3 : “You terrorized communities, broke up families, and denied people of Mexican ancestry their human and constitutional rights”

- Cris

Evidence (Morgan): "As the federal government, you have failed

Mexican immigrants and Mexican American citizens: You have weakened the economy."

Charge 2 (Adriana): Unbased Claims

Evidence (Sofia): "Doak claimed there were 400,000 illegal immigrants eligible to be deported — even thoughhe had no evidence. "

Charge 3 (Hailey): Constritutional Violation(s)

Evidence (Isaiah):"The apprehension and examination of supposed aliens are often characterized by methods [thatare] unconstitutional, tyrannic, and oppressive.”"

Evidence #1 Fatima Chavez - "carrying out raids and roundups in Mexican American and immigrant communities. You have torn parents from kids, separating children

from the only home they have ever known. You

are the men who have led the street sweeps of

people who “looked Mexican,” arrested (with no

warrants!)"

Charge # 2 Sarina Mousaviyazdi - psychological harm

Evidence # 2 Sarina Mousaviyazdi- "the terrifying raid that

took place at La Placita, a park in Los Angeles.

You chose La Placita to inflict the maximum

psychological harm on the Mexican American

community."

Charge # 3 Hosna Noorzai - racist harassment

Evidence # 3 Hosna Noorzai - ''Your racist harassment has swept up hundreds of thousands of people who have broken no law at all''

Evidence #1 (Lily)- "You terrorized communities, broke up families, and denied people of Mexican ancestry, their human and constitutional rights.

Charge #2 (Dalila) - Harassment and wrongful accusations

Evidence #2 (Katy) - "About 400 people were taking a break on a sunny afternoon when, out of nowhere, you invaded the park dressed in military-olive uniforms. You guarded the exits. You lined up individuals, demanding to see their papers. Many, of course, did not have papers with them at the park or at all."

Charge #3 (Robert) - Sexual Abuse and racism

Evidence #3 (Henry) - "You forced her to provide proof of residence and subjected her to intrusive venereal disease tests. Since Mrs. Sánchez has been a continuous resident of the United States since 1916, she was not eligible for deportation under current law. Not only that, her children are U.S. citizens. But even with her proof of residence and her negative blood test for venereal disease, you ordered Sánchez and her U.S.-born children deported."

Carter-Evdience 1:“Your agents promised Mexicans steady work and good wages… You hired workers to harvest melons, citrus, and cotton… to build railroad tracks… to work in meat-packing plants, machine shops, steel mills…”

Mike-Charge 2: You opposed unions to avoid paying fair wages and maintain control over workers.

Aki-Evidence 2: “White workers are much more likely to be part of a labor union. Labor unions mean higher wages. And that means lower profits and less control for you.”

Arman-Charge 3:Your business practices helped create economic conditions that worsened unemployment and suffering.

Jorge-evidence 3: “Your decades of attacks on unions, your fight against minimum wage and maximum hour laws left too many workers with too little… If people don’t earn enough money to spend, businesses fail, and unemployment soars.”

Evidence #1 Anna: "— representatives of your government — raided union halls, dances, social clubs, and neighborhood hangouts, any place where people of Mexican ancestry might be found."

Charge #2 Jiwoo: High prices and low wages

Evidence #2 Luis: "You did nothing to

stop businesses from setting high prices, keeping wages low, and attacking labor unions."

Charge #3 Mia: Using harassment and fear mongering to drive out legal citizens of the US.

Evidence #3 Manny: "That means that your

government used harassment and fearmongering to drive out people who were here legally. These reports were issued in 1931 and 1932, yet you didn’t stop deporting people."

Evidence #1 - Immigration agents carried out a raid in La Placita Park in LA and cut people off from exits and needed proof of immigration papers (Alex)

Charge #2 - discriminating against people of color from joining their union (Taylor)

Evidence #2 - They had racist policies (Aaron)

Charge #3 - demonization of immigrant workers (Johannes)

Evidence #3 - They said they were the only reason for low wages (Taylor)

• The Media is responsible for promoting stereotyping and discriminating against Mexican people

• "Your papers and magazines are read all across the country, spreading the racist belief that people of Mexican descent are 'alien' to this country and its ideals. "

Charge #2 (Evan and Khalil):

• The Media is responsible for attempting to justify the actions of the American government towards people of Mexican descent

• "You are guilty of creating a cultural climate in which many white Americans have come to believe that the removal of Mexican immigrants and Mexican

  Americans are justified and necessary."

Charge #3 (Jordan):

• The Media is responsible for instilling fear due to the mass deportation of Mexican-Americans

• "You in the corporate media are the ones whipping up the nation’s fears and prejudices, exploiting your readers’ real economic anxieties, and blaming a convenient and vulnerable target."

(Andrew)

Evidence #1 - “You organized a boycott to discourage consumers from buying cigars made by Chinese workers.”

(Andrew)

Charge #2 - Priority to white men and excluding most unskilled laborers, African Americans, Asian and Mexican Americans, women and immigrants.

(Colton)

Evidence #2 - “Your union federation celebrates getting your workers an eight-hour day and some of the highest wages in the country. Yet these benefits have been gained at the cost of other working people.”

(Colton)

Charge #3 - Promoting racist ideas in a magazine

(Nico)

Evidence #3 - "Recently, your magazine, the Advocate, spread these racist ideas to its readers.”

In the magazine, it states, “Do you prefer the name Fernandez, alien, to the name, James?”

(Nico)

Evidence #1: "Racism motivated the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and more recently the Immigration Act of 1924, which barred most immigration from Asia, and set up a quota system favoring Northern European immigrants while

tightly limiting Southern and Eastern European immigrants. At first, none of these restrictions was applied to immigration from Mexico." (Satya)

Charge #2: Causing an economic crisis

Evidence #2: "But now, the United States is in an economic crisis, caused partly by you. You did nothing to stop businesses from setting high prices, keeping wages low, and attacking labor unions." (Adonai)

Charge #3: Deporting people without proper reason

Evidence #3: "Doak claimed there were 400,000 illegal immigrants eligible to be deported — even though he had no evidence. And Doak launched a campaign to round up and remove people of Mexican ancestry. Doak’s agents — representatives of your government — raided union halls, dances, social clubs, and neighborhood hangouts, any place where people of Mexican ancestry might be found. Your government agents detained and arrested people without warrants, refused to let them see a lawyer, and held people in local jails with no access to interpreters." (Satya)

-Evidence= "the terrifying raid that took place at La Placita, a park in Los Angeles. You chose La Placita to conflict the maximum psychological harm on the Mexican American community. (Belinda)

Charge #2: Unlawful detention.

-Evidence= "One man in the park, Moises Gonzalez, did have his documents. But the agent interviewing him-one of you- decided to pocket them and detain him anyway" (Ava)

Charge #3: Testing without consent.

-Evidence: "You forced her to provide proof

of residence and subjected her to intrusive venereal disease tests" (Makoda)

• "You in the corporate media are the ones whipping up the nation's fears and prejudices."

Charge #2: (Ivy) - The Media is presenting Mexican Immigrants as villains and spreading the racist ideas that they are "aliens."

• "For example, in The Saturday Eve-ning Post, a hugely popular weekly magazine, you regularly turn Mexican immigrants into villains."

Charge #3: (Diana) - The Media is responsible for prolonging and exacerbating the argument that Mexicans are inferior, and it is acceptable to deport them.

• "You are guilty of creating a cultural climate in which many white Americans have come to believe that the removal of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans is justified and necessary."

Evidence #1: "...in 1901, you lobbied

Congress to reauthorize the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act." (Tristan)

Evidence 1: "Your decades of attacks on unions, your fight against minimum wage and maximum hour laws left too many workers with too little." (Jaden)

Charge 2: Attacking Mexican railroad workers (Logan)

Evidence 2: "In Terre Haute, Indiana, a mob of more than 100 men and women attacked Mexican railroad workers"(Logan)

Charge 3: Moving and crossing borders for immigrant workers and cheap labor.(Logan)

Evidence 3: "U.S. companies, crossed

the border, sometimes going deep into Mexico, to search for Mexican workers."(Jaden)

evidence#1, One man in the park, Moisés González,

did have his documents. But the agent interviewing

him — one of you — decided to pocket them and

detain him anyway. Although

Charge #2, Zach, unlawful arrest,

evidence#2, The case of Mrs. Angela Hernández de Sánchez

proves that no one of Mexican ancestry is safe. She was returning from a weeklong trip visiting her relatives in Chihuahua, Mexico, which she had done

dozens of times over the prior 15 years. But this

time, when she crossed back into the United States, she was arrested.

Charge #3, Paul, racial profiling

evidence #3,

You are the men who have led the street sweeps of people who “looked Mexican,” arrested (with no

warrants!) workers in factories and fields, and who go door to door demanding that Mexican residents produce verification of legal residency or go straight to jail. You have spread

Discrimination against workers of Mexican ancestry (Alessandro M)

Evidence#1:

“[you convinced] your members to blame workers of Mexican ancestry for their own economic woes. Your racist policies have kept the working class divided and weak rather than united and strong.” (Alessandro M)

Charge #2:

Promoting Discriminatory Laws (Jackson)

Evidence#2:

Advocated for the reauthorization of the Chinese Exclusion Act as a means of preventing Chinese immigration. (Jackson)

Charge #3:

Demonized immigrant and mexican workers (Daniel)

Evidence#3:

by sayingthat they are the ones responsible for low wages. As if Mexican workers don’t also want higher wages… point the finger forthe nation’s economic disaster at fellow workers. (Daniel)

Evidence: "Your papers and magazines are read all across the country, spreading the racist belief that people of Mexican descent are "alien” to this country and its ideals." (Camryn)

Charge 2: Unfair segregation

Evidence: "Mexican immigrants were denied basic services. They could not drink a soda at a lunch counter, and they were forced to sit in the run-down balconies of movie theaters." (Angie)

Charge 3: Normalizing racism and showing it as a good thing.

Evidence: "You justified and reinforced it by loudly endorsing the terrorizing raids and deportations. You are guilty of creating a cultural climate in which many white Americans have come to believe that the removal of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans is justified and necessary." (Camryn and Angie)

-evidence(Jack)"People of Mexican Ancestry are not welcome here."

Charge #2(Melanie):Detaining and arresting without warrants, denying their rights.

-"Your government agents detained and arrested people without warrants, refused to let them see a lawyer, and... no access to interpreters"

Charge #3(Jack): revoke all the constitutional rights who are accused Mexican immigrants because they caused the economic crisis.

-evidence #3(Melanie):"...and used the power and resources of government agencies to deny hundreds of thousands of people their constitutionally protected rights. You can try to blame all this on the current economic crisis.."

*"You in the media could have exposed and

denounced this racism. Instead, you were part of

it".

*"You justified and reinforced it by loudly endors-

ing the terrorizing raids and deportations. You

are guilty of creating a cultural climate in which

many white Americans have come to believe that

the removal of Mexican immigrants and Mexican

Americans is justified and necessary".

Charge #2 (Nate Finney)

*"Your papers and magazines are read all across

the country, spreading the racist belief that people

of Mexican descent are “alien” to this country

and its ideals".

*"For example, in The Saturday Eve-

ning Post, a hugely popular weekly magazine, you

regularly turn Mexican immigrants into villains".

Charge #3 (Nate Finney)

*"The media spread these racist stereotypes.

People read this garbage and many people believe

it".

*"Your words create real discrimination. Even before the deportations began, Mexican Ameri-

cans and Mexican immigrants were denied basic

services".

Evidence 1 - "You terrorized communities, broke up families, and denied people of Mexican ancestry their human and constitutional rights" (Autumn)

Charge 2 - Unconstitutional Immigration Policies (Autumn)

Evidence 2 - "You lobbied Congress to reauthorize the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act... and organized a boycott to discourage customers from buying cigars made by Chinese workers" (Autumn)

Charge 3 - Curating Propaganda (Audrey)

Evidence 3 - "Your anti-Mexican Propaganda has led your membership to support of the current roundups and deportations. You led your members to believe that getting rid of Mexicans would open up jobs for 'deserving' Americans." (Audrey)

Charge 4 - Influencing Discriminatory Laws (Audrey)

Evidence 4 - “The illegal, immoral, and inhumane deportation of 1 million Mexican immigrants, lawful residents, and Mexican Americans from 1929 to 1939” (Audrey)

Evidence: "...in 1901, you lobbied Congress to reauthorize the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act."

(Tristan)