Mexican Repatriation

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The Mexican Repatriation was the repatriation or deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans from the United States during the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939. About 82,000 people were formally deported, and others repatriated on their own accord, with disputed estimates ranging from a few hundred thousand to 2 million. An estimated forty to sixty percent of the voluntary repatriations were citizens of the United States, overwhelmingly American-born children who left with their families. Although the federal government supported repatriation, city and state governments largely organized and encouraged it, often with support from local private entities. However, voluntary repatriation was far more common than formal deportation, and federal officials were minimally involved. Some of the repatriates hoped that they could escape the economic crisis of the Great Depression. The government formally deported at least 82,000 people, with the vast majority occurring between 1930 and...

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