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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.

Bracero harvesting tomatoes at Placentia in Orange County, Calif

JOB RUNNING OUT-A bracero harvests tomatoes at Placentia in Orange County. Bracero program ends Dec. 31 and other workers will have to be found

Braceros

Domingo Ulloa's crowd of seasonal laborers, who peer dejectedly through a barbed-wire fence, reinforced mounting public protest against their poor…

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…