Duroville
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Duroville is the nickname for the Desert Mobile Home Park near Thermal, California
USA.
The park, which sits on the Torres Martinez Indian Reservation, is nicknamed for owner Harvey Duro, Sr., a member of the tribal council.
It is populated by between 2000 and 6000 migrant Mexican farm workers who live in near-squalor within the park's 40 acres (16.2 ha). The condition of the park, with its unsafe trailers, dangerous electrical wiring, faulty septic
systems and predatory packs of wild dogs, has been the subject of national attention in recent years. An estimated 65% of residents are P'urhépecha
.
Litigation brought by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
to have the park closed and its residents relocated was refused on May 1, 2009. The federal judge who heard the case ruled for benefit of the tenants, claiming that relocating them "would create one of the largest forced migrations in the history of this state." He went on to compare the resulting migration to Japanese-American relocations to Manzanar
after the United States' entry into World War II.
Thermal, California
Thermal is a census-designated place located approximately 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs and about 9.5 miles north of the Salton Sea. Although one can find sunny skies most days, residents occasionally endure strong winds and sizzling summer temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The...
USA.
The park, which sits on the Torres Martinez Indian Reservation, is nicknamed for owner Harvey Duro, Sr., a member of the tribal council.
It is populated by between 2000 and 6000 migrant Mexican farm workers who live in near-squalor within the park's 40 acres (16.2 ha). The condition of the park, with its unsafe trailers, dangerous electrical wiring, faulty septic
Septic
Septic may refer to:* Septic tank, a component of a small scale sewage disposal system* Septic equation, a polynomial equation of degree seven* Septic shock...
systems and predatory packs of wild dogs, has been the subject of national attention in recent years. An estimated 65% of residents are P'urhépecha
P'urhépecha
The P'urhépecha, normally spelled Purépecha in Spanish and in English and traditionally referred to as Tarascans, are an indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of the Mexican state of Michoacán, principally in the area of the cities of Uruapan and Pátzcuaro...
.
Litigation brought by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior. It is responsible for the administration and management of of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American...
to have the park closed and its residents relocated was refused on May 1, 2009. The federal judge who heard the case ruled for benefit of the tenants, claiming that relocating them "would create one of the largest forced migrations in the history of this state." He went on to compare the resulting migration to Japanese-American relocations to Manzanar
Manzanar, California
Manzanar was a town in Inyo County, California.It is located on the former Narrow gauge railway line of the Southern Pacific Railroad north of Lone Pine, at an elevation of ....
after the United States' entry into World War II.