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Michigan Subway Map

editor — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 23:24:00 +0000

Michigan Depression, Repatriation, and War During the Great Depression Michigan’s farms and factories began to lay off workers, pushing thousands into homelessness and hunger. Meanwhile, across the United States the Depression gave new impetus to a movement to cleanse the country of foreigners, especially Mexicans. Michigan officials began espousing these ideas as the sharp rise in unemployment and extreme poverty overwhelmed state and local welfare agencies. Jobs and aid, they decided, should be reserved for Americans. Yet, they saw even U.S.-born people of Mexican descent as something less than fully American. Soon the Detroit welfare department and the federal government

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Illinois Metro Map

editor — Wed, 18 May 2016 13:00:00 +0000

The history and experiences of Latinos in Illinois is a result of the economic, social, and political needs of Illinois citizens. Illinois has the fifth-largest Latino population in the United States and the fifth-largest increase in the same population between 1990 and 2000.1 In 2000 the Census Bureau identified Mexicans as the majority of the state’s Latino population, followed by Puerto Ricans, and lastly by those categorized as Other Hispanic/Latino. Tejanos, Cubans, Central Americans, and other Latinos have settled and played an important role in the development of Illinois. Groups of people representing less populated and well-known Latino countries have

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