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Mexican Immigration in the Early 20th Century

In the early 20th century, Mexico was troubled by two civil wars, increasing Mexican immigration to the United States five-fold, from twenty-thousand new arrivals every year in 1910, to between 50,000 to 100,000 new arrivals every year by the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920. The Mexican Revolution that raged from 1910 to 1917, which was followed by the Cristero War that lasted from 1926 to 1929. People moved throughout the border, with immigrants, refugees, and exiles fleeing Mexico, and rebels going back and forth from the Mexican-American border to contribute to the war effort. Combined, both conflicts had over a million deaths and led to hundred of thousands of Mexicans to flee to the United States in order to pursue better economic conditions and stability. The Mexican Revolution was a nation-wide conflict while the Cristero War was centralized in the Center-Pacific region of the country, leading for the immigrants coming from the Revolution to come from many states, while immigrants arriving due to the Cristero War originated in the Center-Pacific region. The states in this region include Jalisco, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, and Michoacán and the immigrants and refugees from these regions were mostly farmers, ranchers, laborers, and would settle in states such as Texas, California, and New Mexico.