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that we have the large scale immigration basically due to the mexican revolution. but even then it had already started in the late 1890 s due to a lot of economic agreements the u.s. had with mexico that really impoverished the mexican people and when the econ money begins to migrate. what was the reaction and you focus on texas. what was the reaction in texas to the large scale immigration? in 1910 was very negative because of the large number of people that came in. before it hit a trickle so as long as they stay in the san antonio and the south texas. they welcomed it. but by 1910 with the mexican revolution they started coming in very large numbers and therefore it was very negative. there was the women s suffrage for the suffrage in particular that were very concerned because of the feared the children were going to be going to the schools and then that is when the women would get very concerned, and also the government wanted the border patrol along the u.s. ....
book-selling will be around long after we re gone. now, martha menchaca talks with booktv about her book, naturalizing mexican immigrants. professor menchaca was interviewed at the university of texas at austin as part of booktv s college series. and now on your screen is university of texas professor martha menchaca whose book is called naturalizing mexican immigrants. one of her books i should say is called naturalizing mexican immigrants. she teaches anthropology here at the university of texas. professor, when were the first large scale immigration of mexicans into the united states when did those occur? okay. since 1848 when the border was formed there was always an ongoing movement of mexican people. but it s not until 1910 that we have really large scale immigration basically due to the mexican revolution. but even then it had already started in the late 1990s due to a lot of economic agreements that that the u.s. had with mexico that really impoverished ....