The Effect of the Mexican Revolution on Mexican Immigration to the U.S.

Unsung History

The Mexican Revolution in the early 20th Century was a pivotal moment in Mexican history, and it was also a pivotal moment in United States history, as huge numbers of Mexicans fled war-torn Mexico and headed to the US border. Many Mexican Americans in the US today are the descendants of refugees fleeing the Revolution.

To understand more about the experience of immigrants who came to the United States during the Mexican Revolution, I’m speaking in this episode with writer Alda P. Dobbs, author of middle grade novels Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna and The Other Side of the River.

Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The episode image is: “Bridge - El Paso to Juarez,” Bain News Service, ca. 1910, Photograph retrieved from the Library of Congress, No known restrictions on publication.

Additional Sources:

• “The Mexican Revolution: November 20th, 1910,” EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities, March 19, 2012.
• “How the Mexican revolution of 1910 helped shape U.S. border policy,” audio interview of Kelly Lytle Hernández by Tonya Mosley, NPR Fresh Air, July 5, 2022
• “Early Twentieth Century Mexican Immigration to the U.S.,” American Social History Productions, Inc
• “The History of Mexican Immigration to the U.S. in the Early 20th Century,” interview of Julia Young by Jason Steinhauer, Library of Congress, March 11, 2015.
• “The Demographic Impact of the Mexican Revolution in the United States,” B.J. Gratton, M.P. Gutmann, R. McCaa & R. Gutierrez-Montes, Texas Population Research Center Papers, 2000.
• “Mexican Immigration to the United States,” by Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, July 29, 2019.

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