Repatriation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans

Being a U.S. citizen at the time of the Great Depression must have been very tough; but being a Mexican immigrant at the time was even tougher. Mexican immigrants had to work hard to barely support themselves, while at the same time trying not to get deported. Even though the U.S. was not stable at the time, Mexico was a worse place to be. Mexican immigrants came to America in search to live the "American Dream". In return, these people were being payed very little or were unemployed. Since many unemployed Americans were upset that illegal immigrants were working instead of them, Americans would deport the immigrants. In the reading, it even said that people who looked like they were Mexican would get deported due to how angry some unemployed people were. Imagine working one day and somebody thinking you were Mexican got you deported and you got sent to a country that you didn't even speak their language. From all the different groups of people that I have read about during the time of the depression, I would say Mexican Americans had it the hardest.