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Mexican workers in the United States : historical and political perspectives / edited by George C. Kiser and Martha Woody Kiser.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1979.Description: xi, 295 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0826304893 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.6/2/72073
LOC classification:
  • HD8081.M6 M39
Contents:
I. THE WORLD WAR I ERA. Mexican labor urgently needed in United States / Herbert Hoover -- Mexican labor may not be needed in the United States / El Pueblo / Mexico protests mistreatment of workers / E. Garza Perez -- Labor emigration to the Southwest, 1916 to 1920: Mexican attitudes and policy / Lawrence A. Cardoso -- II. REPATRIATION DURING THE GREAT DEPREASSION. Deportations continue / Excelsior -- Immigration officer responds to Mexican newspaper criticism of repatriation / Walter E. Carr -- Repatriation from Michigan / John L. Zurbrick -- Mexican consul agrees to repatriation of Detroit Mexicans / Ignacio L. Batiza -- Mexican repatriation during the Great Depression / George Kisser and David Silverman -- III. THE SECOND BRACERA ERA (1942 -- 1964). The Bracero Program in Mexico / David G. Pfeiffer -- Texas and the Bracero Program, 1942-1947 / Otey M. Scruggs -- IV. ILLEGAL MEXICAN WORKERS. The wetback invasion -- illegal alien labor in American agriculture president's commission on migratory labor -- United States apologizes for El Paso incident / Robert A. Lovett -- Mexico accepts United States for El Paso incident / Rafael de la Colina -- Truman writes Mexico's president about the wetback problem / Harry S. Truman -- Mexico's president responds to Truman's letter regarding wetbacks / Miguel Aleman -- Mexico adopts measures to curtail wetback emigration / Excelsior -- Mexican issues statement on wetback problem / Mexican foreign office -- Mexican official blasts apprehended wetbacks / Xavier Castaneda -- The hardships of a border patrol officer / Massey L. Fitch -- Through the eyes of a wetback -- a personal experience / Julian Samora -- Plight of the Mexican wetback / Joe C. Ortega -- Mexico's president comments on wetbacks in the United States / Luis Echeverria -- The impossibility if illegal Mexican entry into the United States / Obed Lopez -- The false paradise / Hispanoamericano -- Proposals concerning illegal Mexican labor / Jimmy Carter V. MEXICAN COMMUTERS. Editors Introduction -The commuter on the United States-Mexico border United States Commission on civil rights -- The impact of commuters on the Mexican-American border area / Anna-Stina Ericson -- VI. MEXICO'S BORDER INDUSTRIALIZATION PROGRAM. Editors' -- Low-wage lures south of the border / David T. Lopez Report on Mexican border industry program / United States Department of State -- Assembly plants in Mexico / Mexican Newsletter.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 285-289.

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I. THE WORLD WAR I ERA. Mexican labor urgently needed in United States / Herbert Hoover -- Mexican labor may not be needed in the United States / El Pueblo / Mexico protests mistreatment of workers / E. Garza Perez -- Labor emigration to the Southwest, 1916 to 1920: Mexican attitudes and policy / Lawrence A. Cardoso -- II. REPATRIATION DURING THE GREAT DEPREASSION. Deportations continue / Excelsior -- Immigration officer responds to Mexican newspaper criticism of repatriation / Walter E. Carr -- Repatriation from Michigan / John L. Zurbrick -- Mexican consul agrees to repatriation of Detroit Mexicans / Ignacio L. Batiza -- Mexican repatriation during the Great Depression / George Kisser and David Silverman -- III. THE SECOND BRACERA ERA (1942 -- 1964). The Bracero Program in Mexico / David G. Pfeiffer -- Texas and the Bracero Program, 1942-1947 / Otey M. Scruggs -- IV. ILLEGAL MEXICAN WORKERS. The wetback invasion -- illegal alien labor in American agriculture president's commission on migratory labor -- United States apologizes for El Paso incident / Robert A. Lovett -- Mexico accepts United States for El Paso incident / Rafael de la Colina -- Truman writes Mexico's president about the wetback problem / Harry S. Truman -- Mexico's president responds to Truman's letter regarding wetbacks / Miguel Aleman -- Mexico adopts measures to curtail wetback emigration / Excelsior -- Mexican issues statement on wetback problem / Mexican foreign office -- Mexican official blasts apprehended wetbacks / Xavier Castaneda -- The hardships of a border patrol officer / Massey L. Fitch -- Through the eyes of a wetback -- a personal experience / Julian Samora -- Plight of the Mexican wetback / Joe C. Ortega -- Mexico's president comments on wetbacks in the United States / Luis Echeverria -- The impossibility if illegal Mexican entry into the United States / Obed Lopez -- The false paradise / Hispanoamericano -- Proposals concerning illegal Mexican labor / Jimmy Carter V. MEXICAN COMMUTERS. Editors Introduction -The commuter on the United States-Mexico border United States Commission on civil rights -- The impact of commuters on the Mexican-American border area / Anna-Stina Ericson -- VI. MEXICO'S BORDER INDUSTRIALIZATION PROGRAM. Editors' -- Low-wage lures south of the border / David T. Lopez Report on Mexican border industry program / United States Department of State -- Assembly plants in Mexico / Mexican Newsletter.