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Source: NPR "Talk of the Nation"

Roundup

4-5-06

A Tale of Deportation in the 1930s [6min]

We look back at the story behind the expulsion of tens of thousands of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the 1930s. Guest: Mae Ngai, professor of immigration history at the University of Chicago.

Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"