INS Records for 1930s Mexican Repatriations

Mexican-American family historians and other interested researchers occasionally contact the History Office in search of “Mexican Repatriation” records for individuals who left the U.S. during the Great Depression (1929-1939).

Mexican Repatriation During the Great Depression, Explained

Mexican American Migrations and Communities, Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

Stories from the Archives

Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s (a deeper look and sources) - Stephanie Landsem Author

Repatriation and Deportation of Mexicans, 1932-1936 – Boulder County Latino History

Repatriation: Definition, With Currency Exchange and Example

By the Train Loads: Mexican Repatriation Movement in the Midwest, Part I

Over a million Mexican-Americans were expelled in the 1930s. Now, history is repeating itself

Exiled: The Anti-Immigrant Roots of Mass Deportation in Mexican and Japanese American Repatriation - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

Topic Four Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

Repatriation and Deportation of Mexicans, 1932-1936 – Boulder County Latino History