Useful Links
Historical Context: Mexican Americans and the Great Depression
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teaching-resource/historical-context-mexican-americans-and-great-depression
The U.S. Deported a Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression
Up to 1.8 million people of Mexican descent—most of them American-born—were rounded up in informal raids and deported in an effort to reserve jobs for white people
https://www.history.com/news/great-depression-repatriation-drives-mexico-deportation
Brief Description of the event
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la-placita-raid/
Downplaying Deportations: How Textbooks Hide the Mass Expulsion of Mexican Americans During the Great Depression
https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/downplaying-deportations
LA Police "Repatriate" Mexican Americans and Immigrants at La Placita Park: 1931
https://isoureconomyfair.org/la-placita-park/
The Forgotten 'Repatriation'
An Immigration Raid at Olvera Street 75 Years Ago Remains One of Downtown's Ugliest Moments
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/the-forgotten-repatriation/article_50846cb7-21cc-5fa3-bfb2-83247a5f7dc8.html
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teaching-resource/historical-context-mexican-americans-and-great-depression
The U.S. Deported a Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression
Up to 1.8 million people of Mexican descent—most of them American-born—were rounded up in informal raids and deported in an effort to reserve jobs for white people
https://www.history.com/news/great-depression-repatriation-drives-mexico-deportation
Brief Description of the event
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la-placita-raid/
Downplaying Deportations: How Textbooks Hide the Mass Expulsion of Mexican Americans During the Great Depression
https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/downplaying-deportations
LA Police "Repatriate" Mexican Americans and Immigrants at La Placita Park: 1931
https://isoureconomyfair.org/la-placita-park/
The Forgotten 'Repatriation'
An Immigration Raid at Olvera Street 75 Years Ago Remains One of Downtown's Ugliest Moments
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/the-forgotten-repatriation/article_50846cb7-21cc-5fa3-bfb2-83247a5f7dc8.html