Title:
Mexican workers await legal employment in the United States, Mexicali (Mexico)
Caption:
Battle for Work--Here is a portion of the 800 braceros who massed against wall of U.S. border patrolmen for the chance to
be selected for one of the coveted farm jobs last week. Some fainted in crush
Creator/Contributor:
Los Angeles Times (Firm), Publisher
Date:
January 7, 1954
Subject:
Mexicans--United States
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Alien labor, Mexican--California
Mobs
Mexicali (Mexico)
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy
Mexican-American Border Region
Note:
The Bracero Program was instituted by the Mexican and United States governments to ease American agricultural labor shortages
during World War Two. The program attracted millions of Mexican laborers, hopeful for higher wages and legal contract work,
until its demise in 1964
Type:
news photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Identifier:
uclamss_1429_b198_85119-6
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