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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Luís Marín was born on August 25, 1918, in Rivas Palacios, Chihuahua, México; he had five siblings, two sisters and two brothers; his parents worked in agriculture; he became a bracero in 1942 and worked in…

Alien laborer's identification card (MICA) for Servando Penaloza Munoz on July 9, 1956 (front side with photograph).

Alien laborer's identification card (MICA) for Servando Penaloza Munoz on July 9, 1956. MICA.

Bracero Work Certificate Letter from the Arroyo Grande Farm Labor Association dated July 1956.

Social Security card for Santos Nunez Sotelo, with image of US and Mexican flag. Printed in color.

Permit card issued by the government of the state of Durango for Santos Nunez Sotelo, 1958.

Identification and migrant agricultural workers permit, issued by Mexico for Santos Nunez Sotelo.

Alien Laborer's Permit and Identification Card interior, with rules written in Spanish, for Santos Nunez Sotelo, 1954.

Alien Laborer's Permit and Identification Card for Santos Nunez Sotelo, from 1954. Association identified as Lepanto Growers Association, Arkansas.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aristeo Ortega Acuña was born September 15, 1931, in Sahuaripa, Sonora, México; he was the second youngest of his nine siblings; his father was a laborer and also worked with seasonal crops; Aristeo was…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Antonio Olivares Samaniego was born February 8, 1929in Bavispe, Sonora, México; he was the fourth born of his five siblings; his mother was a housewife, and his father was an agriculturalist; he was formally…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ángel M. Moreno was born May 12, 1923, in Mexico, Distrito Federal; he was the fourth born of his six siblings; his father worked on a ranch caring for horses, and although he was never formally educated, he…

Elsa Murillo Rodríguez was born September 10, 1954, in Zacatecas, México; she had six siblings, four of whom are still living; her father was a bracero until the early 1960s; he labored in the fields of Texas picking apples and oranges; several of…

Ignacio I. Álvarez was born February 10, 1933, in Guerrero, México; his parents worked in agriculture, and he had six sisters and three brothers; he was formally educated through the second grade; his family was poor, and consequently, he had to…