The State of California apologizes to those individuals described in Section 8721 for the fundamental violations of their basic civil liberties and constitutional rights committed during the period of illegal deportation and coerced emigration. The State of California regrets the suffering and hardship those individuals and their families endured as a direct result of the government sponsored Repatriation Program of the 1930s.
Cal. Gov. Code § 8722
Mexican Repatriation
Known as the Apology Act
The act spans §§ 8301–8723 (10 sections).
Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 663, Sec. 1
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