they were not only being used
for agricultural labor, they
were being used to build
railroads and all kinds of
things during world war ii.
after the war is over, what do
we do with the brothers and
sisters we have invited to work
with us?
the politicians in the
central valley of the time would
come out and state that.
they can send them back when we
are done.
in 1948, here we are.
after the war has ended, they
began -- actually in 1947 they
begin sending back as a mass
deportation.
they would do mass roundups
because this is where a big
portion of workers had come.