Originally posted by DianaT
Quote: | Originally posted by bacquito
Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
As long as I've been going to Baja I've remembered a story that there were an unusually large number of 'Chinese' restaurants in Tecate in the '50's
which were actually Japanese families who were fleeing imprisonment and opened restaurants. Any truth to that? |
From what I understand there are many Chinese in Mexically because they were brought over many years ago to work on rairoads, the All American Canal
and other backbreaking work and migrated to other areas of Mexico. |
Indeed, the Chinese were brought to the Imperial Valley to build canals, etc., They were not allowed to bring their wives, family or any women.
They were supposed to be returned to China after the work was done. But many went south of the border and settled in Mexicali.
There are also stories of how some captains were hired to return the workers to China. They took the money and then dumped the passengers along the
Sea of Cortez in the middle of nowhere.
Today Mexicali is still a magnet for Chinese immigrants, many of whom are looking to end up in the US. Learned lots of interesting stories from my
students in Calexico. |