Mexican Segregation (1900-1920)
In the early 1900s, thousands of Mexicans entered the United States illegally. U.S employers
contributed to all of the illegal immigration and would hire smugglers that were known as“Coyotes”, to bring the immigrants across the border. Employers would bring them into immigration officials at any time. Some employers would give them work and once they were done they would deport them before they got
paid. Mexican Americans, in California and the Southwest were excluded from "Whites Only" theaters, parks, swimming pools, restaurants, and even schools. Immigrants from Mexico waged many battles against such unfair treatment, often risking their jobs in fields and factories and enduring threats of deportation. ("Mexican Americans")
contributed to all of the illegal immigration and would hire smugglers that were known as“Coyotes”, to bring the immigrants across the border. Employers would bring them into immigration officials at any time. Some employers would give them work and once they were done they would deport them before they got
paid. Mexican Americans, in California and the Southwest were excluded from "Whites Only" theaters, parks, swimming pools, restaurants, and even schools. Immigrants from Mexico waged many battles against such unfair treatment, often risking their jobs in fields and factories and enduring threats of deportation. ("Mexican Americans")