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Mexican Immigration

Mexican immigration into the United States has been going on for a long time. One of the first big wave of immigrants was in 1910 during Mexico’s revolution. The numbers have been going up ever since. Mexicans have been getting mixed signals from the United States about their immigration. In the 1920’s the U.S was very welcoming due to labor shortage in results to World War I. During the Great Depression of the 1930’s Mexican immigrants were being blamed for taking the Americans jobs away. When the United States joined World War II the fear of shortage in the agricultural field grew again, and again they turned to Mexico for help through the Bracero Program. When the United States was in no longer need of Mexican workers they deported them back to Mexico. The United States was welcoming and friendly to Mexican immigrant but only when convenient for them.
Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and lasted until 1921. During this time Mexico and United states were in good standings...

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