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American Mass Deportation 2: World War Migrant | US History
🕑 Added 2025-09-19 17:30:01 +0000 UTCIn this episode, we trace the deeper history, from families whose roots predated the U.S.–Mexico border, to the cycles of migrant labor that fueled both nations’ economies. We’ll see how the Great Depression turned migration into a political “crisis,” how WWII labor shortages led to the Bracero Program, and how postwar tensions escalated into harsher enforcement. Setting the stage for the Cold War era, when immigrants were no longer just seen as workers but as potential national security threats. And under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, this led to one of the largest mass deportation campaigns in U.S. history.
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The Rogue Chief
All the 180s in history show it’s basically never about the principle, it’s about the benefit
Averagebear4219
Question in this episode, you say that it didn't take until the end of WW1 for passports to be needed to travel to other countries, so my question is, what did they do? Another question is for Mr.Rath: will there be other novels written from the Gathering Storm campaign
