Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants : A Texas History

Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants

Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Texas History by martha menchaca University of Texas Press Austin Copyright © 2011 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2011 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ○ ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Menchaca, Martha. Naturalizing Mexican immigrants : a Texas history / by Martha Menchaca. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-72557-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-292-72644-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mexican Americans—Government policy—Texas—History. 2. Mexican Americans—Legal status, laws, etc.—Texas—History. 3. Immigrants—Texas— History. 4. Naturalization—Texas—History. 5. Citizenship—Texas—History. 6. United States—Emigration and immigration—History. 7. Mexico— Emigration and immigration—History. 8. Texas—Ethnic relations. 9. Texas— Politics and government. 10. Naturalization records—Texas. I. Title. F395.M5M46 2011 323.6′2—dc22 2010049957 ISBN 978-0-292-72998-9 (E-book) This book is dedicated to my mother, Maria Isabel Esparza de Menchaca, who ever since I was a child taught me the value of voting and being a responsible citizen. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...