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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2018 · 5 MIN

The time the United States illegally deported 1 million Mexican Americans

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

In 1931, President Herbert Hoover started a program that would result in the illegal deportation of 1.8 million people to Mexico by the end of the 1930s. Of those people, 60 percent were U.S. citizens.

In 1931, President Herbert Hoover started a program that would result in the illegal deportation of 1.8 million people to Mexico by the end of the 1930s. Of those people, 60 percent were U.S. citizens.

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