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Mexican-American Migrant Workers in the 1930's

Leo Gallagher

Updated Feb. 1, 2013

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Works Cited

"Depression Era: 1930s: Repatriation for Mexican & Filipino Farm Workers | Picture This." Oakland Museum of California. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.museumca.org/picturethis/timeline/depression-era-1930s/migrant-farm-workers/info>.
"Los Repatriados." University of Michigan. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects07/repatriados/>.
"Mexican Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution>.

History

Civil War in Mexico prior to depression made many immigrate for jobs
Revolution made finding work difficult.
"By the 1920s, at least three quarters of California's 200,000 farm workers were Mexican or Mexican American."

Mexican American Migrant Workers in the 1930's

Leo Gallagher

Discrimination

Protests were organized to battle low wages and living conditions
These were a threat to the profits of farmowners.
California responded to pressure by creating mass repatriation plans.
These plans, created to move illegal immigrants back to Mexico, could be inaccurate.

Working in the U.S.

Mexicans made more in the U.S.
Farm owners believed they would tolerate more.
As a result, Mexican workers experienced horrible conditions.

"Shelters were made of almost every conceivable thing - burlap, canvas, palm branches." - A California minister's report of a labor camp in the Imperial Valley

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