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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    In the 1930s, US citizens were deported to Mexico because of their ancestry

    Like Donald Trump, Herbert Hoover campaigned on a promise of protecting American jobs by slashing the number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. Once Hoover was in office, he expelled immigrants en masse. Many of them were from California.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 21, 2017 • 1 min read

    Like Donald Trump, Herbert Hoover campaigned on a promise of protecting American jobs by slashing the number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. Once Hoover was in office, he expelled immigrants en masse. Many of them were from California.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Cal State LA; Co-Author of “A Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s”

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    LA County social workers on trial, and reforms to juvenile justice
    1. 0:00Four former LA County social workers face criminal charges
    2. 10:58California state senators determined to reform juvenile justice
    3. 20:06Trump's immigration order targets survivors of domestic abuse
    4. 29:23In the 1930s, US citizens were deported to Mexico because of their ancestryYou’re reading this
    5. 44:06'70s porn stars gather to remember the good old days
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