During the Great Depression , the U.S. government sponsored a Mexican Repatriation program which was intended to encourage Mexican immigrants to voluntarily return to Mexico, however, many were forcibly removed against their will. In total, up to one million persons of Mexican ancestry were deported, approximately 60 percent of those individuals were actually U.S. citizens. The Zoot Suit riots were vivid incidents of racial violence against Latinos (e.g., Mexican-Americans ) in Los Angeles in 1943. https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/contemporary-forms-of-hispanophobia-in-the-united-states
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