The first extensive discrimination targeting U.S. Latinos was aimed at ____________ in the mid-nineteenth century.

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The first extensive discrimination targeting U.S. Latinos was aimed at Mexican Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, particularly after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which led to a significant portion of Mexico's territory becoming part of the United States. This period marked the beginning of significant legal and social discrimination against Mexican Americans.

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