Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.
Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.
Southwesterners from Mexico are known as Mexican-Americans.
the Mexican Americans were fighting for the border between TX and Mexico
Yes. Deportation is a status held within American authorities.
Indefinitely.
yes but not exactly as Americans, or Mexican Americans
Yes. Unless deportation involves a federal crime, it is possible to do that.
Mexicans or Mexican-Americans
Mexico
In the Southwest, particularly during the 1930s, Mexican Americans and Mexicans were targeted for repatriation as part of efforts to reduce unemployment during the Great Depression. Many individuals were forcibly deported or coerced into returning to Mexico, regardless of their citizenship status. This campaign disproportionately affected U.S. citizens of Mexican descent, leading to significant community trauma and loss. The repatriation efforts were often justified by a belief that these individuals were taking jobs away from Anglo Americans.
Mexican Americans are a mixture of the Spanish Conquistadores (Conquerors) and the Indigenous tribes that first roamed the Americas such as the Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, etc.Mexican Americans are individuals whose families originate in Mexico. Mexican Americans can either be people who immigrated from Mexico themselves or whose ancestors immigrated.
Mexican and Central Americans.