Refugio Pérez Lolla

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Refugio Pérez Lolla was born in Gran Morelos, Chihuahua, México, in 1944; he began helping his father work the fields when he was only eight years old; due to his family’s financial difficulties, his father applied and was hired to work as a bracero; Refugio however, worked illegally in the United States.

Summary of Interview: When Refugio was only nine years old, he was put in charge of his father’s land because he was in the United States working as a bracero; his father worked in Dell City and Pecos, Texas, picking cotton and watering the fields; every six months his father would visit his family; Refugio decided to go to the United States to work because his father worked there; Refugio was unable to work for very long because he was apprehended by Immigration officials twice; he entered the United States through Palomas, Chihuahua, México, and walked for several days; he was hired in Deming, New Mexico, in 1966 when the bracero program finished.

Parra-Mantilla, Myrna

Pérez Lolla, Refugio

2003-05-09

Parra-Mantilla, Myrna, "Refugio Pérez Lolla." Bracero History Archive, Item #28 (accessed January 07 2009, 12:09 pm)