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It's about to be the 1930s all over again in so many ways. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

For those who would like to learn more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation

[–] [email protected] 29 points 17 hours ago

Also

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

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

[+] [email protected] -4 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

And yet ten will crumble the conservative narrative.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

excuse me, but are you apologizing deporting people just because muh, libs bad?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

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.

They tuuk 'er jubs!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It’s very odd how little Harding and Coolidge’s corruption immediately leading up the the Great Depression is almost never discussed at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

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.