Repatriation
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Repatriation is the return of a thing or person to its or their country of origin. The term may refer to non-human entities, such as converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own countr
Haitian migrants are escorted off the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa's fantail to an awaiting Haitian Coast Guard vessel during repatriation.
The crew of USS Pueblo as it arrives at the U.N. Advance Camp, Korean Demilitarized Zone, on 23 December 1968, following their release by the North Korean government
The U.S. government returns two 11th century stone lintels to Thailand, marking the end of a four-year effort on behalf of Thailand to bring these items home.
Iroquois Wampum belt that belonged to Algonquin Mohawk Chief, currently housed within the Hall of the North American Indian exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.
Mexican Repatriation
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The Mexican Repatriation was the repatriation or deportation of between 300,000 and 2 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans from the United States during the Great Depre
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People waving goodbye to a train departing Los Angeles with 1,500 Mexicans. (August 20, 1931)
California mother describes voluntary repatriation: "Sometimes I tell my children that I would like to go to Mexico, but they tell me, 'We don't want to go, we belong here.'" (1935 photograph by Dorothea Lange).
Martin Dies Jr.
William Doak, Secretary of Labor