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Overview of Mexican Immigrants Coming To The US. Learning Group B. Political Division of Mexican Republic in 1824. http://oodhamsolidarity.blogspot.com/2010/04/movement-demands-autonomy-oodham.html. US-Mexico border is established US-Mexico war begins Peace negotiations begin
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Overview of Mexican Immigrants Coming To The US. Learning Group B
Political Division of Mexican Republic in 1824 http://oodhamsolidarity.blogspot.com/2010/04/movement-demands-autonomy-oodham.html
US-Mexico border is established • US-Mexico war begins • Peace negotiations begin • War ends • Areas of California with high Mexican American populations are taxed more than others
US businessmen attempt to push out Mexican immigrants Early 1900’s First significant wave of workers come to the US from Mexico 1930’s Mexican workers, legal and illegal, deported. Bracero program created to ensure there wasn’t a laborer shortage 1968 Decline in socioeconomics in Mexico results in large numbers of people crossing the boarder. See an increase in undocumented workers in the US
1970’s Because of the recession illegal immigration numbers grow in the US and becomes a problem. http://www.willisms.com/archives/2006/03/
1980’s Process began to fortify the US-Mexico boarder. 1994 The border patrol increases drastically and becomes a huge branch of the US government. 2000Mexican government wants to address the immigration issue with the US government.
References Harvard Magazine 2007 http://harvardmagazine.com/2007/05/uneasy-neighbors-a-brief-html http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/interactive-timeline.html