But in the last two decades. and particularly since World War II. we have had a reverse situation than what was registered during the depression years of the 1930s. In the 1930s a sociological phenomenon happened that has yet to be recorded historically in any place that I have read. First. in the Mexican revolutionary period. a period comprising a 3decade period from 1910 to 1930. more than 1 million immigrants came into this country. mostly concentrated in the Southwest. Then the depression came. and with the declaration of amnesty and political exemptions. by the President of Mexico in 1934. just from my area alone. the district constituting the 20th Congressional District. more than 20.000 persons repatriated themselves. Twin circumstances led to this: They were caught at the height of the depression. and the fact that they could return to their native land where turbulence and violence had prevailed off and on for 30 years.
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