CHI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bracero Program
30 May 2018
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5/24/18 – MY JOURNEY: ENRIQUETA VALDEZ CURIEL
1948
• Mother immigrated to US to California as a child with her mother.
• Depression era do lots of poverty.
• Earned money by cooking.
• Mother did not attend school and was working instead.
• Truman was president.
• Germany divided into East and West.
Korean War
• 1950-1953
• Part of the Cold War
Bracero Program
• 1942-1964
• US agreement with Mexican government to hire men to work the fields.
1953
• Father joined Bracero program.
1955
• Mother went back to Mexico.
1959
• Mother and father married.
• Father had green card.
1960
• Older and only brother was born in Mexico.
1964
• End of bracero program.
1967
• Mother, brother and me got green cards and became legal residents.
• Never lived in the US.
1967-1998
• Life in Salinas.
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