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Mexican Repatriation mass deportation in 1929...
Mexican Repatriation mass deportation in 1929...
Item # 725099
October 20, 1929
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Oct. 20, 1929
* Illegal Aliens mass deportation
* Mexican Repatriation era in America
* Chicago gangland - gangsters era
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DEPORT 250 IN ARMED TRAIN" with subhead. (see images) Two related photos on page 5.
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, rag edition in great condition.
background: On October 19, 1929, just days before the Wall Street crash, a heavily guarded train departed from Chicago’s Dearborn Station carrying roughly 250 individuals of Mexican descent, marking one of the first high-profile actions of what would become the Mexican Repatriation era. This "special train" was part of a localized crackdown driven by rising economic anxiety and nativist rhetoric, where local authorities and federal agents collaborated to clear "non-citizens" from the city's industrial workforce. The atmosphere was one of intense intimidation; the train was patrolled by armed guards to ensure the passengers—some of whom were legal residents or U.S.-born children—did not attempt to flee before reaching the Mexican border. This specific event served as a grim precursor to the next decade of enforcement, during which hundreds of thousands of people were coerced into leaving the United States through a combination of workplace raids, the denial of public relief, and organized government transport, effectively using the Mexican community as an economic scapegoat for the onset of the Great Depression.
Category: The 20th Century
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