Page 13 - Bracero Program News Today

- while americans fought in world war ii, it was mexicans who helped build the midwest. the bracero program recruited them to work on american farms and factories across the united states. but just as quickly as they got here, americans wanted them out. ever heard of operation wetback? well, get this. once the war was over, president eisenhowers administration had the immigration and naturalization services deport hundreds of thousands of hardworking mexicans and even mexican american citizens w...

All: sí, señor! - bravo, bravo. amazing. you guys killed it. chuy, what a welcome. i dont deserve it. - [laughs] yes, you do. welcome to little village, la villita, and jardín esperanza. - the garden of hope. - yes. - absolutely. - there used to be a house here. it burned in a fire. there were efforts to make it a parking lot. we said, "oh, no, it cant be a parking lot. we need green space to instill hope in this community." - they dont understand how important green spaces are for mental hea...

Crucial to the family business’ growth was adapting to change — whether strategically, agriculturally or personally striving for better, Reynaldo Robledo Sr. said.

Hidden within the historical accounts of minorities, workers and immigrants in American society is the story of the millions of Mexico's men and women who experienced the temporary contract worker program known as the Bracero Program. Established to replace an alleged wartime labor shortage, research reveals that the Program intended to undermine farm worker unionization. Harvest shows how several million men, in one of the largest state managed migrations in history, were imported from 194...

The heralded filmmaker and photographer from Jalisco divides his time, and his heart, between his native Mexico and his adopted California.

Amazing. you guys killed it. chuy, what a welcome. i dont deserve it. - [laughs] yes, you do. welcome to little village, la villita, and jardín esperanza. - the garden of hope. - yes. - absolutely. - there used to be a house here. it burned in a fire. there were efforts to make it a parking lot. we said, "oh, no, it cant be a parking lot. we need green space to instill hope in this community." - they dont understand how important green spaces are for mental health. - yeah. this neighborhood rep...

The bracero program recruited them to work on american farms and factories across the united states. but just as quickly as they got here, americans wanted them out. ever heard of operation wetback? well, get this. once the war was over, president eisenhowers administration had the immigration and naturalization services deport hundreds of thousands of hardworking mexicans and even mexican american citizens who had the right to be here. they used military-style tactics to rapidly locate, process...

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

Karine Jean-Pierre didnt even have to look up at him to cut him off.

Our new columnist for the Los Angeles Times en Español wants to show "the faces and stories" of Latinos and Latin Americans who contribute so much to our city and our nation.