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Mexican Repatriation In The 1930s
University of New Mexico Press
June 2006
On Sale: May 31, 2006
437 pages
ISBN: 0826339735
EAN: 9780826339737
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Non-Fiction
During the Great Depression, a sense of total despair
plagued the United States. Americans sought a convenient
scapegoat and found it in the Mexican community. Laws
forbidding employment of Mexicans were accompanied by the
hue and cry to "get rid of the Mexicans!" The hysteria led
pandemic repatriation drives and one million Mexicans and
their children were illegally shipped to
Mexico. Despite their horrific treatment and traumatic
experiences, the American born children never gave up hope
of returning to the United States. Upon attaining legal age,
they badgered their parents to let them return home.
Repatriation survivors who came back worked diligently to
get their lives back together. Due to their sense of shame,
few of them ever told their children about their tragic
ordeal. Decade of Betrayal recounts the
injustice and suffering endured by the Mexican community
during the 1930s. It focuses on the experiences of
individuals forced to undergo the tragic ordeal of betrayal,
deprivation, and adjustment. This revised edition also
addresses the inclusion of the event in the educational
curriculum, the issuance of a formal apology, and the
question of fiscal remuneration.
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