Title A quiet victory for Latino rights : FDR and the controversy over whiteness / Patrick D. Lukens

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Nativists and immigration law to 1924 -- Mexican restriction debates, 1924-30 -- Good neighbors and new dealers -- Mexicans, Mexican Americans and civil rights -- The Andrade Decision -- Efforts to thwart the Andrade Decision using the traditional approach -- Applying administrative law to the Andrade Decision -- The racial classification policy : problems and successes -- Consequences, unintended consequences and failures Summary "In 1935 a federal court judge handed down a ruling that could have been disastrous for Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinos in the United States. However, in an unprecedented move, the Roosevelt administration wielded the power of "administrative law" to neutralize the decision and thereby dealt a severe blow to the nativist movement. A Quiet Victory for Latino Rights recounts this important but little-known story. To the dismay of some nativist groups, the Immigration Act of 1924, which limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted annually, did not apply to immigrants from Latin America. In response to nativist legal maneuverings, the 1935 decision said that the act could be applied to Mexican immigrants. That decision, which ruled that the Mexican petitioners were not "free white person[s]," might have paved the road to segregation for all Latinos. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929, had worked to sensitize the Roosevelt administration to the tenuous position of Latinos in the United States. Advised by LULAC, the Mexican government, and the US State Department, the administration used its authority under administrative law to have all Mexican immigrants--and Mexican Americans--classified as "white." It implemented the policy when the federal judiciary "acquiesced" to the New Deal, which in effect prevented further rulings. In recounting this story, complete with colorful characters and unlikely bedfellows, Patrick Lukens adds a significant chapter to the racial history of the United States."--Project Muse Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Hispanic Americans Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Hispanic Americans Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 fast Subject Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Hispanic Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 20th century Hispanic Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 20th century Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- General. Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights Hispanic Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. Political and social views Politics and government Race relations -- Political aspects Relations with Hispanic Americans Social policy SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140463 United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140464 United States -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547 United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0816599645 9780816599646

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