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"Not in Position to Give Up the Chase"

This image create in 1899 depicts Uncle Sam chasing a Filipino native while Europe watches in the back.

Braceros grouped in teams

Bracero program workers are being sorted into groups on a farm in Mendota, Fresno County.

Made it illegal for employers to knowingly hire undocumented workers and created the I-9 employment verification system.
Provided amnesty to certain…

A working paper presenting selected decennial census data on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 1990, with 22 statistical…

I Would Not Wish It Upon Anyone

Historian Gilbert Gonzalez discusses California’s Bracero Program and shares the experiences of former Braceros.
Recorded at Los Alamitos-Rossmoor…

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996

The conference report of the ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT
RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996