Manuel Alvarado was part of the Bracero Program in the 1960s, which allowed millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles ...
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Abandoning Their Beloved Land offers an essential new history of the Bracero Program, a bilateral initiative that allowed Mexican men to work in the United States as seasonal contract farmworkers from ...
To the editor: Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz is to be congratulated for her introduction of the Bracero 2.0 Act (“Former bracero doesn’t want the program to return. ‘People will be treated like slaves, ...
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Formative Years -- Ch. 3. Formalization and Informal Control: The Bracero Program Comes of Age -- Ch. 4. Let's Make a Deal -- Ch. 5. "Wrangling" with the Department ...
(The Center Square) – A Texas lawmaker introduced legislation to reform the H-2A visa program for agricultural workers. U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, introduced the Bracero Program 2.0 Act, a ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. One May morning in 1961, 21-year-old Manuel Alvarado strapped on his huaraches, stuffed three changes of clothes ...
One May morning in 1961, 21-year-old Manuel Alvarado strapped on his huaraches, stuffed three changes of clothes and a thin blanket into a nylon tote bag and bid his parents farewell. He was leaving ...