However, voluntary repatriation was far more common than formal deportation and federal officials were minimally involved.[5] Some of the repatriates hoped that they could escape the economic crisis of the Great Depression.[9] The government formally deported at least 82,000 people,[10] with the vast majority occurring between 1930 and 1933.[5][11] The Mexican government also encouraged repatriation with the promise of free land.[8][12]: 185–186
This makes it seem like many of them wanted out of the US already, and Mexico was more than willing to receive them.
Edit: The page also says that people were blaming Mexicans and making them the scapegoat for the reason why they were dealing with the great recession. It seems that many were already wanting to move to Mexico due to the recession coupled with the promise of free land. There were still a lot who were deported forcefully against their will.
Reading the source article for that one is wild. Yes, many more were not “deported” but were instead “repatriated” but it is well documented that they were coerced and threatened into leaving.
Some scholars contend that the unprecedented number of deportations between 1929 and 1933 were part of a policy by the administration of Herbert Hoover who had scapegoated Mexicans for the Great Depression and instituted stricter immigration policies with the stated intent of freeing up jobs for Americans.
Who was the president when the great depression started?
What was their party affiliation, more importantly did they focus on laissez-faire capitalism? That is, did they believe in reducing regulation for the free market?
A mere 10 seconds of recalling history irrevocably damns the low quality conservatives.
This makes it seem like many of them wanted out of the US already, and Mexico was more than willing to receive them.
Edit: The page also says that people were blaming Mexicans and making them the scapegoat for the reason why they were dealing with the great recession. It seems that many were already wanting to move to Mexico due to the recession coupled with the promise of free land. There were still a lot who were deported forcefully against their will.
Reading the source article for that one is wild. Yes, many more were not “deported” but were instead “repatriated” but it is well documented that they were coerced and threatened into leaving.
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/102163/imre12054.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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And yet ten will crumble the conservative narrative.
excuse me, but are you apologizing deporting people just because muh, libs bad?
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They were run out of town by racist shitheads. They didn’t have much of a choice.
They tuuk 'er jubs!
Who was the president when the great depression started?
What was their party affiliation, more importantly did they focus on laissez-faire capitalism? That is, did they believe in reducing regulation for the free market?
A mere 10 seconds of recalling history irrevocably damns the low quality conservatives.
It’s very odd how little Harding and Coolidge’s corruption immediately leading up the the Great Depression is almost never discussed at all.
It was, then as now, a series of bad choices in terms of reducing regulation and anti-worker decisions. We are in danger of echoing those times.
Hoover certainly did his part to make the situation worse though, and quickly.