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    The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a U.S. Government-sponsored...
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    of Mexican workers for employment was at the time controlled by the Bracero Program, established during World War II by an agreement between the U.S. and...
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    Koestler, Fred L. "Bracero Program". tshaonline.org. Retrieved November 1, 2023. Calavita, Kitty (1992). Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration...
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  • States, there have been efforts at guest worker programs for many years. These include the Bracero Program, enacted during World War II; attempts by the...
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    labour-brokerage coyote, by implementing the Bracero Program in 1942. The popularity of the Bracero Program resulted in a greater Mexican demand for guest-worker...
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    worked to legislate for (1) a Mexican guest workers program, which would become the Bracero program, (2) laws prohibiting strike activity, and (3) military...
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    employers complied. The Bracero Program displays that 4.6 million Mexican nationals took farm labor jobs, showing that this program had influenced many to...
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    "Bracero Program". Encyclopedia of the Great Plain. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved 30 December 2020. Koestler, Fred L. "Bracero Program"....
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    was a factor in the decision by Congress in 1964 to terminate the bracero program, despite its strong support among farmers. It also helped spur the...
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    Industrialization Program'). Specific programs and laws have made Mexico's maquila industry grow rapidly. From 1942 to 1964, the Bracero program allowed men...
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    of the UFW, fought the Bracero Program that existed from 1942 to 1964. Their opposition was due to their belief that the program undermined U.S. workers...
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    Mexicans and Puerto Ricans were contracted by the United States under the Bracero Program to alleviate the labor shortage caused by WWII. Gregory, Alice (April...
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    period of increased migration is known as the Bracero Era from 1942 to 1964, referring to the Bracero program implemented by the United States, contracting...
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    L.; Swords, Alicia C. S. (2010). Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4426-0158-1...
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    society mobilized for war, thousands of Mexican citizens under the Bracero program arrived to Los Angeles for agricultural jobs, as did hundreds of thousands...
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    war-industry work, followed by the return of servicemen to the region and the Bracero program. Of the original 30 buildings, 214 units were reserved for defense...
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    Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike...
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    (1948) Operation Wetback (1954) Chandler Roundup (1997) Bracero Program Repatriation flight program Immigration to Mexico Nava, Julian; Hoffman, Abraham...
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    importantly implemented a labor agreement with Mexico, known as the Bracero Program. Mexican agricultural workers were brought under contract to the U...
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    present in the United States is the termination of the bracero program. This bi-national program between the U.S. and Mexico existed from 1942 to 1964...
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  • Town Full of Dead Mexicans: The Salinas Valley Bracero Tragedy of 1963, the End of the Bracero Program, and the Evolution of California's Chicano Movement"...
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  • and U.S. processing centers. The selection of bracero workers was a key aspect of the bracero program between the United States and Mexico, which began...
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    like brownface. The Bracero Program of 1942 serves as another possible explanation for the emergence of brownface. This program was an agreement between...
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  • His father Rodolfo Sr. moved to the US as a mechanic through the Bracero program. While attending Hammond High School in Hammond, Indiana, Rudy Chapa...
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  • activist, author, and historian. He studied the Bracero program (an agricultural guest-worker program) as a graduate student in Public Health at the University...
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  • the UFW, fought the Bracero Program that existed from 1942 to 1964. Their opposition stemmed from their belief that the program undermined U.S. workers...
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    Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike...
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  • Gatos)" betrays Guthrie's lack of understanding regarding the Bracero Program. The program was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements created by the...
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  • Wetback in 1954 in cooperation with the Mexican government. While the Bracero program was in force, the INS deported one million Mexicans starting in 1954...
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  • and president of the UFW, fought the Bracero Program, which existed from 1942 to 1964. They opposed the program because they believe that it undermined...
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