| Summary: | This essay seeks to analyze the possibilities and conditions offered by Mexico to the Jewish immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, decades that coincide with an important trend of Jewish migration from Europe and the Middle East towards America. In this sense, the paper analyzes the transition of the Mexican immigration policy and certain governmental posi-tions: from being a liberal, open doors policy –which not only did not limit, but even encouraged Jewish immigration, among others– to a closed doors policy which, during the 1930’s, entailed a marked attitude of rejection towards the entrance to the country of a large number of ethnical, religious and national groups, including the Jews.
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