The Braceros Program: Mexican Labor

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The braceros program was an exploitation and an opportunity for the mexican laborers. According to Arnulfo Pompa “There weren’t minimum wages back then.... didn’t get paid a lot money.’’ This support my claim because Arnulfo’s parents have six kids. They had to feed them but they didn’t have enough money and to get money they had that working in braceros program.
According to Angel Guzman Dominguez ‘’I went to study shoe making we got contracted in Queretaro, and when i went contracted in Queretaro went straight to work in trains and track work.’’ This support my claim because Angel’s was in the braceros programs from 1946-1956. He was poor. He was a shoemake in Mexico. He received a letter from his uncle describing the braceros program

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