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1942–1964 migrant worker program
The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a temporary labor initiative
Bracero_Program
1950s U.S. immigration law enforcement initiative
would be legalized as Braceros instead of deported. The final phase lasted from 1955 to 1964 and thus saw the end of the Bracero Program. The paradoxical nature
Operation_Wetback
Koestler, Fred L. "Bracero Program". tshaonline.org. Retrieved November 1, 2023. Calavita, Kitty (1992). Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration
Mexico_during_World_War_II
Temporary program for foreign workers
include the Bracero Program, enacted during World War II; attempts by the George W. Bush administration; and the current H-2A and H-2B visa programs. However
Guest_worker_program
Ethnic identity of some Mexican Americans
worked to legislate for (1) a Mexican guest workers program, which would become the Bracero program, (2) laws prohibiting strike activity, and (3) military
Chicano
Migrant smuggler
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
Coyote_(person)
Mexicans moving abroad
have changed over the years as laws and programs such as the U.S. Immigration Act of 1996, the Bracero Program, and the Immigration Reform and Control
Emigration_from_Mexico
American labor leader (born 1930)
and health coverage to farm workers while opposing the controversial Bracero Program. She also advocated for neighborhood improvement projects, taught citizenship
Dolores_Huerta
"Bracero Program". Encyclopedia of the Great Plain. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved December 30, 2020. Koestler, Fred L. "Bracero Program".
History_of_Mexican_Americans
Racial impersonation
like brownface. The Bracero Program of 1942 serves as another possible explanation for the emergence of brownface. This program was an agreement between
Brownface
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
Bracero_Selection_Process
Process of expelling foreigners from the United States
the demand for cheap agricultural labor led to the creation of the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a series of binational agreements that brought millions
Deportation from the United States
Deportation_from_the_United_States
Mexican-American labor organizer, activist and professor
Bracero Program". Journal of Policy History. 29 (3): 431–461. doi:10.1017/S0898030617000185. ISSN 0898-0306. Mandeel, Elizabeth. "The Bracero Program
Ernesto_Galarza
Train and bus crash in California on September 17, 1963
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
Chualar_train-bus_collision
American trade union
of the UFW, fought the Bracero Program that existed from 1942 to 1964. Their opposition was due to their belief that the program undermined US workers
United_Farm_Workers
Americans of Mexican ancestry
period of increased migration is known as the Bracero Era from 1942 to 1964. This referred to the Bracero program implemented by the United States beginning
Mexican_Americans
Tariff-free factory in Latin America
Industrialization Program'). Specific programs and laws have made Mexico's maquila industry grow rapidly. From 1942 to 1964, the Bracero program allowed men
Maquiladora
Mass repatriation during the Great Depression
(1948) Operation Wetback (1954) Chandler Roundup (1997) Bracero Program Repatriation flight program Immigration to Mexico Nava, Julian; Hoffman, Abraham
Mexican_Repatriation
Anti-assimilationist Chicano counterculture
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Pachuco
Farm labor union organizer, activist, author, and historian
activist, author, and historian. He studied the Bracero program (an agricultural guest-worker program) as a graduate student in Public Health at the University
Henry_Pope_Anderson
1943 anti-Latino race riot by US servicemen in Los Angeles
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
Zoot_Suit_Riots
but that the rates will increase under Trump's immigrant deportation program. The American Immigration Lawyers Association states that ICE and CBP have
Deportations of U.S. citizens in the second Trump administration
Deportations_of_U.S._citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration
1848 agreement ending the Mexican–American War (1846-1848)
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo
Mexican-American subculture
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Cholo_(subculture)
United States Class I railroad (1865–1996)
California, killing 32 bracero workers. It would later be a factor in the decision by Congress in 1964 to terminate the bracero program, despite its strong
Southern_Pacific_Railroad
Town in South Carolina, United States
of 1934 Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 Nationality Act of 1940 Bracero Program (1942–1964) Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 War Brides Act of
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Sullivan's_Island,_South_Carolina
Historic Landmark in Texas, United States
From 1950 to 1964 the farm served as a processing center for the Bracero Program which brought Mexicans to the United States as guest agricultural workers
Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center
Rio_Vista_Bracero_Reception_Center
Music genre fusing Mexican and European influences
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Tejano_music
Rock music performed by Chicano groups
on June 24, 2019. "Chicano Rock!|The Sounds of East Los Angeles". PBS Programs - PBS. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. "Fifty years later
Chicano_rock
Valley in Monterey County, California, US
serious road accident in U.S. history, and helped spur abolition of the bracero program.[citation needed] Agriculture dominates the economy of the valley.
Salinas_Valley
American clothing line brand
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
Guess_(company)
Legendary ancestral home of the Aztec
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Aztlán
Prejudice against Mexico
the Great Depression, the US government sponsored Mexican Repatriation programs, which were intended to pressure people to move to Mexico, but many were
Anti-Mexican_sentiment
City in Chihuahua, Mexico
due in part to the newly established maquiladoras. The end of the Bracero Program also brought workers back from border cities in the U.S. through Ciudad
Ciudad_Juárez
World War II. With so many draftees, the U.S. needed farm workers. The Bracero Program allowed 290,000 Mexicans to work temporarily on American farms, especially
History_of_Mexico
Immigration to the United States in violation of US law
present in the United States is the termination of the Bracero Program. This bi-national program between the US and Mexico existed from 1942 to 1964 to
Illegal immigration to the United States
Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States
Customized car with a lowered body
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Lowrider
2022 US political event
of 1934 Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 Nationality Act of 1940 Bracero Program (1942–1964) Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 War Brides Act of
Martha's Vineyard migrant airlift
Martha's_Vineyard_migrant_airlift
1942 Los Angeles murder case
further contributed to the agricultural labor shortage, leading to the Bracero Program, where Mexican citizens were brought into the United States under work
Sleepy_Lagoon_murder
Race philosophy
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
La_Raza
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"
List of American railroad accidents
List_of_American_railroad_accidents
Female Mexican–American subculture
Pachucas are not seen as much as Pachucos, but in 2002 song titled, "El Bracero y La Pachuca", composed by Dueto Taxo and Mariachi Los Caporales del Norte
Pachucas
Being opposed to non-citizens entering another country
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
Opposition_to_immigration
Monument in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Los Angeles, California, honoring the participants of the Bracero program. The Bracero program was an initiative that operated from 1942 to 1964 which brough
Bracero_Monument
1984 novel by Sandra Cisneros
Chautauqua Theater Company, the Charlotte Ballet and the Chautauqua Voice Program. On January 22, 2020, Deadline Hollywood reported that The House on Mango
The_House_on_Mango_Street
never to return to agriculture. Texas needed more farm workers. The Bracero Program brought in 117,000 Mexicans to work temporarily. Existing military
History_of_Texas
Consensual or punitive unpaid labor
extended servitude to cover peonage as well as Involuntary Servitude. Bracero program Coolie Debt Bondage English Poor Laws Human trafficking Home Children
Indentured_servitude
American government policy since 2025
urgent medical needs". The administration has focused its catch and revoke program on foreign students who have engaged in pro-Palestinian speech, characterizing
Deportation in the second Trump administration
Deportation_in_the_second_Trump_administration
Aspect of Mexican-American literature
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Chicano_literature
Scholarly field
concentration have a formal Chicano/a studies department or interdisciplinary program. Providing Chicano studies to Chicano students has helped these students
Chicano_studies
American Chicano rights organization
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Brown_Berets
Societal factor
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
Institutional racism in the United States
Institutional_racism_in_the_United_States
in an attempt to deter illegal immigration, the Bracero Program was created. This was a U.S.-run program working jointly with Mexico's government from 1942
History of immigration to the United States
History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States
Police scandal in Los Angeles
the raising of entrance standards, the creation of rigorous training programs, and better pay for officers. Police autonomy was already guaranteed in
Bloody_Christmas_(1951)
Culinary traditions of Mexican Americans
farther north to states in the Midwest. Later government programs such as the Bracero Program (1942-1964) led to the temporary employment of millions of
Mexican-American_cuisine
Americans descended from Punjabis who initially immigrated to Mexico
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Punjabi_Mexican_Americans
U.S. law defining citizenship and equal protection
of 1934 Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 Nationality Act of 1940 Bracero Program (1942–1964) Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 War Brides Act of
Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
United States federal law
of 1934 Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 Nationality Act of 1940 Bracero Program (1942–1964) Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 War Brides Act of
Passport_Act_of_1926
Movements by Mexican-American artists
activist for the Chicano Park, developed the Chicano Park Monumental Mural Program, encouraging community members and artists to paint murals on the underpass
Chicano_art_movement
government to place more emphasis on the Bracero Program so there would be less exploitation. Both the Bracero Program and the number of undocumented workers
The_"Mexican_Problem"
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Mexican American Youth Organization
Mexican_American_Youth_Organization
American journalist, teacher, and activist (1885–1946)
21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020. "2023 American Women Quarters™ Program Honorees Announced". U.S. Mint. Retrieved March 31, 2022. González, G.
Jovita_Idar
City in California, United States
and alfalfa. The post-war years brought new labor forces through the Bracero Program and subsequent unionization efforts that shaped Central Valley farm
Madera,_California
Capital city of Baja California, Mexico
year. The first factories appeared in the 1960s with the end of the Bracero program. A 1988 study found 100 factories in the city, including 10 electronics
Mexicali
Cultural region of Mexico
L.; Swords, Alicia C. S. (2010). Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA. University of Toronto Press. p. 175. ISBN 9781442601581.
Northern_Mexico
Southwestern U.S. political party (1970–1978)
gringo he meant "a person or institution that has a certain policy or program, or attitudes that reflect bigotry, racism, discord, prejudice, and violence"
Raza_Unida_Party
Music genre
major crossover and received heavy rotation on radio stations and video programs not directly related to Chicano rap music. This widely successful artist
Chicano_rap
1968 protests by Chicano students
methods currently being employed in this program. If this high standard cannot be met, the Industrial Arts program will be de-emphasized. New high schools
East_L.A._walkouts
President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946
material for the conflict and also 300,000 guest workers under the Bracero program to replace some of the Americans who had left to fight in the war.
Manuel_Ávila_Camacho
Expulsion of a person or group from a place or country
Operation Wetback temporarily relieved national hysteria, criticism of the Bracero program mounted."); David G. Gutiérrez, Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans
Deportation
American anti-immigration non-profit think tank
"proportion of immigrant-headed households using at least one major welfare program is 33 percent, compared to 19 percent for native households." Wayne A.
Center for Immigration Studies
Center_for_Immigration_Studies
Workplace that has socially unacceptable working conditions
higher paying jobs. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the Bracero Program, the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China, and the Fall of Saigon led
Sweatshop
1987 book by Gloria Anzaldúa
University of Texas- Pan American. From there, she went onto a master's program at the University of Texas-Austin and graduated with her master's in English
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Borderlands/La_Frontera:_The_New_Mestiza
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"
List of traffic collisions (before 2000)
List_of_traffic_collisions_(before_2000)
Mexican anti-war slogan
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Abrazos,_no_balazos
Ethnic group
explicitly temporary legal status. Unlike the United States’ Bracero program, the temporary-worker program in Canada has various mechanisms to discourage workers
Mexican_Canadians
Italian people and their descendants living outside Italy
Italian-Mexican descent were granted citizenship in the United States under the Bracero program to address a labor shortage. Italian companies have invested in Mexico
Italian_diaspora
Folklore written or spoken by Mexican Americans
Mexican man who, during WWII, came to the US for farm work under the Bracero program. Throughout the story he finds himself in awkward situations where
Mexican-American_folklore
1982 United States Supreme Court case
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Plyler_v._Doe
1872 novel
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Who_Would_Have_Thought_It?
these farms, too. The Bracero Program, a bi-national labor agreement between Mexico and the US, started in 1942. Some 290,000 braceros ("strong arm", in Spanish)
United States home front during World War II
United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II
1941 United States executive order by President Franklin Roosevelt
Policy. Moreover, though workplace discrimination took place in the Bracero Program as well, concerns were ignored for similar reasons. Second generation
Executive_Order_8802
Social and political movement combating racism in the United States
smelters' strike 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program Cantaloupe strike of 1928 California agricultural strikes Citrus Strike
Chicano_Movement
Mexican folk art sculptures
various periods working as an agricultural laborer in the Bracero Program. When this program ended, Santiago found that he could not support his family
Alebrije
Cant language that originated during the early 20th century in the United States
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Caló_(Chicano)
Reforms that challenge the existing power structure
Ronald; Swords, Alicia (2010). Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA. University of Toronto Press. p. 238. ISBN 9781442604094.
Non-reformist_reform
Bilateral relations between the United States of America and the United Mexican States
meant decreased U.S. demand for Mexican labor via the guest-worker Bracero Program and for Mexican raw materials to fuel a major war. For Mexican laborers
Mexico–United States relations
Mexico–United_States_relations
Sugar and beet processor owned by the LDS Church
paid at prevailing wages. Temporary labor was also provided by the Bracero Program, 700 in 1944, 1100 in 1945 in Utah. German and Italian war prisoners
Utah-Idaho_Sugar_Company
states who tried to get into the bracero program to work in the United States, but some were rejected by the program in the US. The Mexican government
Independencia,_Monterrey
1973 United States Supreme Court case
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San_Antonio_Independent_School_District_v._Rodriguez
American immigration law
authority to implement these restrictions in the case of Trump v. Hawaii. Bracero Program History of immigration to the United States History of laws concerning
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952
Housing project
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
Estrada_Courts
Americans who are both Black and Mexican American
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Blaxican
Phenomena in Mexican American society
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Vergüenza_(social_concept)
another wave of Mexican immigration to Los Angeles. The bracero program, or guest worker program, was a partnership between the US and Mexican governments
History of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles
History_of_Mexican_Americans_in_Los_Angeles
Soul music genre
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Brown-eyed_soul
2020 United States Supreme Court case
rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program was "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
Department_of_Homeland_Security_v._Regents_of_the_University_of_California
Area of the Central Valley in California
demographics in the San Joaquin Valley. Since not long after the onset of the bracero program during World War II, all but a minor percentage of the farmworkers
San_Joaquin_Valley
American performance troupe
Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bloody Christmas Bracero program California agricultural strikes Cantaloupe strike of 1928 Citrus Strike
Culture Clash (performance troupe)
Culture_Clash_(performance_troupe)
Ethnic group native to New Mexico
on Hispanic weavers. Later, with the Great Depression came government programs promoting weaving as a skill. Because of the relative isolation of these
Hispanos_of_New_Mexico
BRACERO PROGRAM
BRACERO PROGRAM
Boy/Male
Indian, Indonesian
Bravery
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from either of two places in France called Brécy, in Aisne and Ardennes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from Middle English, Old French brace ‘arm’, also denoting a piece of armor covering the arm. In most cases it is probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of armor, specifically armor designed to protect the upper arms, but it could also have been a nickname for someone with strong arms (compare Armstrong) or a deformed or otherwise noticeable arm.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Bravery
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Bravery
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bravery
Boy/Male
Indian
Lion, Bravery
Girl/Female
Muslim
Bravery, Valor
Boy/Male
Tamil
Valour, Bravery
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bravery
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Bravery
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Bravery
Boy/Male
Hindu
Bravery
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Bravery
Boy/Male
Tamil
Bravery
Girl/Female
Tamil
Born bravery
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Bravery
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Bravery
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bravery
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brach 2, + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.Swiss German : variant of German Brachmann (see Brachman).
BRACERO PROGRAM
BRACERO PROGRAM
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English, Greek, Hebrew
Pleasant Speech; My Delight is in her; Well Spoken; A Diminutive of Euphemia or Hephzibah
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Personification of reproduction.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Leaf
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Delighting in Happiness
Female
Greek
(ἹππολÏτη) Feminine form of Greek Hippolytos, HIPPOLYTE means "horse-freer." In Greek mythology, this is a name of the daughter of Ares.Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
A prophets name
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Gentle Rain
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Brilliant
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Maid of Battles
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Princess; Unique
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n.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
v. t.
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
imp. & p. p.
of Brace
a.
Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.
n.
The state of being braced or tight; tension.
n.
A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
v. t.
To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
v. t.
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
n.
Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.
n.
A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
v. t.
To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.
n.
A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.
adv. & a.
Braced aback.
n.
That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
pl.
of Tracer/y
v. t.
To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
n.
The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
v. t.
To inspire with bravery.