Ignacio Pérez García

Title

Ignacio Pérez García

Description

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Pérez was born in 1924, in Rodeo, Durango, México; he was the oldest of four brothers; an orphan at the age of seven, he grew up with his maternal grandmother; he worked as a shepherd when he was a boy; in 1949, he crossed the México-United States border to work as an undocumented laborer; after a week, he was hired as a bracero; he worked in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas picking cotton and harvesting sugar beets.


Summary of Interview: Mr. Pérez recalls crossing the México-United States border in 1949; later, he was hired as a bracero in Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas; he worked in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas; additionally, he describes the farming activities of braceros, their work hours, the housing provided for them, and the food they prepared; he recalls the wages he was paid, the different contracts he had, and how he sent money to his family in México; furthermore, he relates what braceros did during the weekends, and how U.S. citizens in town treated them; he expresses his feelings about the program and the benefits of having worked in the United States.

Creator

Martínez, Laureano
Pérez García, Ignacio

Date

2003-05-27

Subject

Bracero

Rights

Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso

Language

spa

title (Spanish)

Ignacio Pérez García

creator (Spanish)

Martínez, Laureano

Rights Holder

Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso

Online Submission

No

Original Format

Mini DIsc

Duration

45:49

Bit Rate/Frequency

24 bit
96 k

Interviewer

Martínez, Laureano

Interviewee

Pérez García, Ignacio

Location

Durango, Durango, México

File Name Identifier

Perez_Garcia_DGO025

Citation

Martínez, Laureano and Pérez García, Ignacio, “Ignacio Pérez García,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 25, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/201.