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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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