Many Californians were very upset about the effects that the migrant workers were having on the area. One of the results of these feelings was the persecution of these people. One of these was the so-called “anti-okie law” of 1937, which read: "Every person, firm or corporation, or officer or agent thereof that brings or assists in bringing into the State any indigent person who is not a resident of the State, knowing him to be an indigent person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

Reported by:
Wesley Sam