Preceden

immigration history

Main

Mexicans started immigrating to the U.S.

1920 - 1930

Great deprsion caused deportation of Mexicans

1930 - 1940

Bracero program allowed farmers to hire Mexicans

1940 - 1950

Operation Wetback was iniciated deporting mexicans and there kids

1950 - 1960

Declining economic conditions caused Mexicans to immigrate to the U.S

1960 - 1970

The Mexican populatin skyrockets in the U.S

1970 - 1980

The immigration reform of 1986 gave admnesty to iligal immigrants

1980 - 1990

Immigrants from El Salvador started to come to the U.S

1990 - 2000

Immigration rates start to drop, immigration reform is debated again

2000 - 2010

dream act was passed in colorado

2012 - 2013

My familys History

My grandfather came to the U.S

1958 - 1960

My father came to the U.S

1974 - 1975

my first uncles started to come to the U.S

1975 - 1990

my mother came to the U.S

1981 - 1986

parents got married in Mexico

1984 - 1986

my sister was born in the U.S

1986 - 1987

My hole family lived in the U.S

1991 - 2000

i was born

1996 - 1997