To the editor: Studying Gustavo Arellano’s column on living in a “Prop. 187 America” and seeing the {photograph} of protesters in 1994 jogged my memory of my life at the moment.
I used to be educating English as a second language at Eagle Rock Excessive Faculty when California voters handed the measure to disclaim undocumented immigrants public providers. I don’t know what number of “illegals” have been in my class, however do know that every one my college students have been striving to study English and have a vibrant future.
When the varsity deliberate a expertise present, my college students participated by singing, “This Land Is Your Land.” I believed that was the proper anthem to counteract the anti-immigrant sentiment. They did an exquisite job and have been heartily cheered by the viewers, college and workers.
I additionally instructed them of my household who got here right here from Lithuania, form of illegally. As a result of my great-aunt had trachoma, a critical eye illness, the household may have been deported in the event that they landed at Ellis Island in New York. So as a substitute, my great-grandparents took a ship to Canada and crossed the border into Minnesota, the place they settled in Minneapolis.
Would President-elect Donald Trump have deported them? As of late, it’s attainable.
Joanne Serin, Los Angeles
