Decades ago, Yolo County eagerly welcomed thousands of Mexican nationals across the border. The temporary workers, known as braceros, came under a 1942 agreement between the U.S. and Mexican ...
The Tafoya market is believed to have been the first Mexican-owned market in Yolo County and contracted bracero workers. "Without these people, we wouldn't have been able to live here, be educated.
You state, “the vast majority of ‘undocumented’ individuals are productive, not dangerous.” How do you know that? Allegedly ...
Seventy-seven years ago, a chartered Douglas DC-3 aircraft left Oakland, Calif., with 28 Mexican nationals being sent back to Mexico. Most were “braceros,” the slang term for Mexican laborers once ...
Hours after he was inaugurated for a second term on Monday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and reshaped policy to target anyone ...
This is not the first time the nation has experienced a mass deportation movement, and past experiences provide insight into ...
But a little history first. Millions of Mexican farmworkers, known as braceros, began arriving legally in America during World War II to temporarily help harvest crops. The Bracero Program, an ...