Expulsions of Mexicans and Mexican Americans During the Great Depression

During the Great Depression, over 1 million people of Mexican ancestry were sent from the United States to Mexico. Over 60 percent of those relocated were U.S. citizens. While many people refer to these events as Mexican repatriation, how was it possible to repatriate people to Mexico who never lived there in the first place? This lesson explores these events as well as the historical, moral, ethical, and legal legacies of this history.