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Mexican-Americans: The first migration

Mexican territory consisted of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California until the Mexican-American War followed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. These extended U.S. control over these Mexican territories and the vast majority of the Hispanic population stayed behind and became U.S. citizens.
Due to the turmoil in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution in 1910, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to the U.S. Although dictator Porfirio Diaz—which lasted thirty one years, twenty seven consecutive—brought peace and opportunity to a select few Mexicans, it was at the expense of the workers, peasants, and the poor. This started the migration of Mexicans to America.
In 1943 the United States was importing thousands of Mexican farm workers under the Bracero Program. They were used for temporary labor without employment rights. According to the 2000 U.S. census,......

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