(Steuver, D.H., 2009) In 1848, The Mexican-American border took shape with the Treaty of Guadalupe, which ended the Mexican-American War. ... In 1882, the large-scale use of undocumented Mexican-American labor came about during the 1880's as industrialists began to construct a railroad to connect Mexico and the United States. ... (Steuver, D.H., 2009) In 1942, a large deportation opened up job opportunities for desperate non-Mexican workers during the Great Depression, but World War II created millions of vacancies, particularly in the agricultural industry. ... Over one million undocumen...

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I thought the Mexicans just migrated to the U.S. because their government was bad to them. ... About 36 percent of 20 th century Mexican immigrants arrived in the 1990s, and 34 percent of the apprehensions of unauthorized Mexicans were in the 1990s (table 1). Over the past century, Mexican migrants were negatively selected: those who left Mexico usually had less education and fewer skills than the average Mexican, and most of the Mexicans who arrived had their first US jobs in seasonal agriculture (Martin 1993). ... Government-sanctioned recruitment of Mexican workers for US jobs has a long ...

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Mexican immigrants were the biggest source of illegally immigration. ... A few years after the laws were set up, World War II came around, and the United States had a labor shortage. ... During the two decade span, over 4 million Mexicans came to work. ... While more money goes towards the United States and Mexico border. ... Most illegal immigrants are deported back to Mexico by bus. ...

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Mexico's population has tripled since the Second World War. One third of the population of Mexico is under ten years of age, as a result, in just ten years, Mexico's unemployment rate will increase 30 percent, as these children become young adults, in search of work. There were in 1990 an estimated four million illegal aliens in the United States, and about 55 percent of them were from Mexico. ...

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I was born in the state of Zacatecas in the country of Mexico. ... Even though there were harsh moments in my childhood I was happy to live in Mexico. ... Being an illegal immigrant is different than coming into the country as a bracero, a contracted Mexican laborer brought to the United States during World War II (Schaefer, 2012, p. 228). ... For many years economic migrants have been leaving Mexico and parts of Central America in search of jobs in the US (CNN, 2013)". ...

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Since first developing prototype drones during World War I, the U.S has incorporated unmanned aircrafts into its military activity. ... By the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S Air Force was using drones to fly thousands of reconnaissance missions. During the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. began using unmanned aircraft and unarmed drones to track the movements of Al Qaeda forces operating in Afghanistan. ... -Mexico border, and plans to expand to 24 by 2016. ...

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