As Trump eyes mass deportations, historians see parallels to past campaigns to force out immigrants
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Photo caption: A person walks by the “Declaration of Immigration” mural by Salvador Jimenez at 1413 W. 18th Street in Pilsen. Photo credit: Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times. Article by
January 18, 2025.Trucks drove through Chicago’s Southeast Side, telling Mexicans to return to their native country while offering to relocate all of their belongings. It was the 1930s, and there were calls for mass deportations of Mexicans as the United States dealt with the economic hurdles of the Great Depression. Olga Martinez recalled her father’s experience as a Mexican […]
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