Mexican-Americans

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The specific racial group I chose to research is the Mexican-Americans. The Mexican-Americans emigrated from Mexico, most of the immigrants came to the United States the illegal way and that was by “hopping the border”. Since Mexican-Americans are mostly known for coming to America illegally with no documents. They had to endure many hardships such as having to work under the table at jobs that require manual labor such as working on a farm or washing dishes in a restaurant. On top of having to work jobs with long hours with low wages on farms the Mexicans also had to endure the chances of the government deporting them back to Mexico even those that were Mexican born in America were deported. The Mexican-Americans experienced a lot of discrimination,