apos;s, and the same fears that are felt by the thousands of field workers today. Repatriation and its objectives are further explained by Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey J. Schott's critique of the North American Free Trade Agreement in, NAFTA Revisited: Achievements and Challenges.
By 1930, Mexicans were estimated to be 70 to 80 percent of the 72,000-strong seasonal workforce in California (Fuller 1940, 19871). 1 However, the Great Depression led to "repatriations" of Mexicans to free up jobs for Americans and practically stopped Mexican immigration, so that there
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