Forgotten US History: The Mexican "Repatriations" of the 1930s Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Mexican woman and children looking over side of truck which is taking them to their homes in the Rio Grande Valley from Mississippi where they have been picking cotton. October, 1939. ( Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons ) Hosted by Bob Garfield Produced by WNYC Studios