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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | ||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
===Emigration From Mexico=== | |||
*The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 set the boundaries between United States and Mexico. Since that period there has been a continual emigration from Mexico into the United States. | |||
*With the beginning of the Civil War, the need for laborers was felt by the southern plantations. '''As the slaves were freed, Mexican laborers''' began to do the work previously done by them. There were neither regulations nor border patrols until the late 1890s. | |||
*In the early 1900s, the system for obtaining '''migrant workers''' became more organized. Companies began setting up recruiters who arranged for the migrants’ travel and stay in the states. For example, in 1909 an '''official labor contract'''' was issued for 1,000 immigrant workers in California. | |||
*In 1910, the United States set up Immigration Services in the border towns. | |||
*During the '''Depression'''' many of the ''''Mexican migrant workers went back to Mexico'''. But as the economy later improved, the migrant workers returned to the United States. | |||
===Immigration Background=== | ===Immigration Background=== | ||
*European immigration to Mexico started with Hernán Cortez in 1521. Many Spaniards, looking for new opportunities and a better life, came to settle the new land. Indian villages, towns, and cities were overtaken or replaced by the Spanish. | *European immigration to Mexico started with Hernán Cortez in 1521. Many Spaniards, looking for new opportunities and a better life, came to settle the new land. Indian villages, towns, and cities were overtaken or replaced by the Spanish. | ||