Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
I'm always fascinated by the disjunct between what's really happening on the ground and the propaganda machine that feeds America alarmist news about immigration.
Urrea, Luis Alberto. "The Border Within." Interview by David Barsamian. The Sun, no. 435, Mar. 2012.
Stephen F. Austin had been running ads and other promotions in the United States to induce people to immigrate to Texas, then a part of Mexico. At one point, the Mexican authorities decided that they would not allow Austin to bring in more immigrants. Austin kept advertising anyway, hoping that he could change the minds of the Mexicans. He did. Austin had lied to the settlers. Their morale remained high, they continued to come and added to Texas' strength when they arrived—much induced incomplete information and false pretenses.
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