Mexican Repatriation Part I: Scapegoating Turns Systematic Cruelty in Early 20th Century America.

Let us know what you thinkIn this episode, Marcelo takes the lead and shares the heartbreaking story of the US's Mexican Repatriation policies . Amid the Great Depression, lawmakers desperate to assign blame enacted harsh, exclusionary policies. Between the 1929 and  1939, somewhere between 300,000 and 1 million people—up to 60% of whom were U.S. citizens or legal residents—were forcibly expelled, many of them children.Content warning: This podcast contains depictions of state-sanctioned violence. SourcesDecade of Betrayal by Francisco E. Balderrama & Raymond Rodriguez Harvest of Empire by Juan GonzalezThey Should Stay There by Fernando Saul Alanis Enciso  Thanks so much for listening!!!!!Like, subscribe, leave a review, wherever you can!!! Check us out with pictures on YouTube.com @ FalseSummitPodcast and like and subscribe !!!We would love to hear from you!Follow us on Instagram and bluesky @ false_summits_podFeel free to send an email to [email protected] Provided by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/