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Mexico severs relations with America.
After the annexiation of Texas, Mexico severed all relations with America. This led to the Mexican American War. -
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History of Immigration
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Beginning of Mexican American War
James K Polk was the one to ask Congress for permission to attack Mexico. This was the beginning of the war. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This was the Treaty that ended the Mexican American War. It gave America most of the Southwesten region that we have today. -
Gadsen Purchase
The Gadsen Purchase was territory that the United States purchased from Mexico. They bought it for 3 million dollars. -
First Undocumented Mexicans
A train brought a lorge ammount of undocumented immigrants to Arizona in 1882 -
Mesican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution drove throusands of Mexicans into the United States. They all came illegally. -
First mounted inspectors at borders.
In March of 1915, the first mounted watchmen were put on the border to watch for illegal immigrants trying to cross the southwest borders. -
Border Patrol established
Congress established Border Patrol to look out for the borders in between inspection stations. -
Bracero Program
The United States brought in hundreds of Mexican workers to work in fieds after the great depression. -
Bracero Program Ends
The Bracero Program ended in 1964 but undocumented workers continued to pour in from Mexico -
Immigration Act of 1965
This law lefted restrictions on the number of certain races that were allowed in America. Theis opened the borders for more people to come into America. -
Joe Arpaio is Elected
Joe Arpaio is elected sherrif of Maricopia county. He holds very strong views against undocumented immigrants. He has been sherrif ever since. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
The NAFTA partnered with the collaspe of the Mexican economy and over the next 15 years brought 13 million undocumented immigrants. -
"Minuteman Project" Begins
Arizona began recruiting civilians to help patrol the border -
SB1070 passed
SB1070 is an Arizona Senate Bill that says officers can ask for documentation if a person is pulled over.