Bracero

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• 9/26/2021
  

  The Border and the Contingent Status of Mexican Workers

  by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  In this excerpt from her new book "Not 'A Nation of Immigrants'," Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz argues that the politics of the border and the racialization of Mexican laborers has been a longstanding and glaring exception to the American myth of welcoming immigrants. 

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• SOURCE: KGW8
  10/2/2020
  

  Meet the Mexican Workers Who Helped Feed America During World War II

  Portland State history professor Marc Rodriguez discusses how the program addressed the United States' agricultural labor needs and started the settlement of Latino communities in new parts of the nation. 

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• 11-17-15
  

  Why Trump Is Wrong on Immigration and a Surprising Fact

  by Alessandra Bazo Vienrich and Philip Kretsedemas

  The fact? “Operation Wetback” never ended.

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• 11-13-15
  

  Fact Check: Did Ike deport over a million Mexican immigrants?

  by Rick Shenkman

  Donald Trump made the claim in the GOP debate.  He's wrong. 

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  11-13-15
  

  The dark, complex history of Trump's model for his mass deportation plan

  "One day, my father didn't come home. My brother and I were left without a father. We never saw him again."

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• 10-20-08
  

  Whatever Happened to Immigration as an Election Topic?

  by Jose Angel Hernandez

  In 1929 more “legal residents” were deported to Mexico than those considered “illegal.” This is part of the immigration history we don't know.

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• 7-13-08
  

  What's Different About the Immigration Problem We Face Today--And What Can Be Done About It?

  by Phil Kretsedemas

  It is impossible to ignore the recent growth of the U.S. undocumented migrant population, which has almost tripled over the space of the past fifteen years.

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• 7-3-06
  

  The Bracero Program: Was It a Failure?

  by Philip Martin

  The background you need to know to decide whether Trump's plan to deport 11 million immigrants is feasible or just. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-21-06
  

  100 Years in the Back Door, Out the Front (Immigration)

  Nearly every immigrant group has been caught at that crossroads for a time, wanted for work but unwelcome as citizens, especially when the economy slumps. But Mexicans have been summoned and sent back in cycles for four generations, repeatedly losing the ground they had gained.

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• SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News
  5-9-06
  

  David Montejano: Immigration issue is complex and requires bilateral solutions

  A historian dismisses some of the changes anti-immigration groups want as simplistic and ill-informed.