Essay On civil rights
... Juarez and El Paso, Undated). Labor agent companies like Zarate and Avina helped many Mexicans through El Paso to destinations in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, even as far as Colorado, Kansas, and Illinois(U.S.-Mexico Border Region: Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Undated). Before 1917, most Mexican immigrants had no trouble at all entering the United States. Mexican immigrants mostly came and went as they wished, stating briefly at the immigration station: "Yo soy Mexicano.h( U.S. Immigrant Officer and Mexican Refugees, 1916). During World War I, the U.S. Secretary of Labor officially suspended enforcement of the 1885 contract labor law to attract needed labor( U.S. Immigrant Officer and Mexican Refugees, 1916). After World War I ended, there were many changes at El Paso. With many men coming back from the war, the need for Mexican labor was greatly decreased. The immigration station began to enforce the laws more strictly, including the medical, legal, and literacy tests. The baths and medical...