During the Depression, the U

During the Depression, the U.S. government deported 500,000 Mexican Americans and their American-born children because:

A) officials wanted to protect them from the KKK in Texas and New Mexico
B) officials wanted to avoid the costs of providing them with public service
C) officials wanted to put Okies to work in the California cotton fields
D) officials felt that the race tensions in American cities was too great
E) officials were worried that Mexico might attempt to reclaim Arizona