The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees by Bill Lascher

The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees

Bill Lascher

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In February 1936, Los Angeles police officers drove hundreds of miles to California's state borders with one mission: turn back anyone deemed too poor to enter. Myths of the Golden State's abundance enticed thousands of Americans uprooted by the D...

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