[2] In the late 19th and early 20th century migrants from Hungary, Poland and Russia began arriving.
[1] In 1931, after a substantial colony of these latter roma had settled, and following complaints of delinquency, the law was changed to prohibit further settlement in Mexico.
[1] In the mid 1900s, Romani caravans were known for showing movies in rural towns (cine ambulante, traveling cinema).
Today, their economic activities mainly revolve around the sale of textiles, cars, trucks and jewelry and also the teaching of singing and dancing.
[1] As a result of adoption of Evangelical Protestantism, there has been an almost complete abandonment of fortune-telling as a profession among the Romani of Mexico City.