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Mexican Immigrants Came To US
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November 1910 The Mexican Revolution begins.
Mexican peasants, upset with what they believe is unequal distribution of money and power, start a revolution against the Mexican government and President Porfirio Diaz. -
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Mexican Immigration
56,000 Mexican's immigrated to the United States -
Discrimination
The case was called the "Zoot Suit Riots." Zoot suits were the fad at the time.They had baggy pants with tight ankles and long jackets with wide shoulders. Mexican American Teenagers wore them. Sailors on leave from the ship hired taxi's and searched for Zoot suits. And then they beat the young men in the Zoot suits and told the police they didn't do anything. -
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Mexican Immigration
Through the years of 1950 to 1959 273,000 Mexican immgrated over to the USA. -
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Mexican Immigration
From 1960 to 1969 441,000 Mexicans Immigrated to the United States. -
The 1965 Immigration Act
In 1965, the federal government inacted a new immigration law. The new law set a limit of 120,000 immigrants per year from the western hemisphere and 170,000 from the eastern hemisphere.The new law was a great benfit many new immigrants. -
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Mexican Immigration
From 1971-1980 640,000 Mexican's Immigrated over to the United States. -
Deporting Immirgants
In 1973, 655,000 Mexican immigrants got deported back to Mexico.