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An agent from the Texas growers association examines the muscles of braceros in the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas and selects some for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo. They preferred braceros who have already worked as…

Local vendors sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Center or to be processed inside.

Local vendors which were mostly women sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Monterrey Processing Center or to be processed inside.

Local vendors which were mostly women sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Monterrey Processing Center or to be processed inside.

Many people learned about the Bracero Program over the radio. A woman works at home surrounded by a radio, icons, furniture, and a painting of the Virgen de Guadalupe in San Mateo, Mexico.

Original Caption: Home of a bracero's familiy in the village…

Best for students in grades six through twelve Students will examine two public laws and other primary resources related to the Bracero worker program and apply their knowledge to evaluate whether the program was carried out as intended.

Best for students in grades six through twelve Students will discuss their thoughts on immigration, learn about the Bracero labor program, and use photographs to develop deeper understandings of the Bracero labor program.

Best for students in grades six through eightStudents will examine an oral history related to the Bracero worker program and present their research on a map.

After a long journey to the border, braceros walk across the bridge between Reynosa, Mexico and Hidalgo, Texas. In the United States, braceros went through health inspections and processing, and then boarded buses and trailer trucks to begin work in…