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Officials wanted to put Okies to work in the California cotton fields.

Explanation:

During the Great Depression, jobs were scarce everywhere in the country, however, the situation was worse in certain states, such as Oklahoma, due to the Dust Bowl. Many people from Oklahoma migrated to California looking for work (they were known as "Okies"). The government reacted by having "repatriation drives." These were informal raids in which Americans of Mexican descent were exiled to Mexico, in order to have more jobs available for white farmers who were out of work.

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