As the Mexican-immigrant workers called braceros age, a touring exhibit tells their stories.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

Once in this country, the braceros were all but powerless and were bound to a single employer.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Strawberry Fields] Reference

The workers were known as braceros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

And why pay American techies, when you can hire braceros?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Visas for Grads] Reference

Typically, braceros worked 12-hour shifts from Monday to Saturday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

The braceros in this 1956 photo work in a field in Salinas, Calif.    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference

Many of the braceros settled in the U.S., marrying and raising families.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

As outreach to find braceros began, the oral-history project quickly grew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

In this 1956 photo, braceros are inspected as they enter the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference

Eventually, thousands of braceros won permanent residency, and then citizenship, in the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

Perhaps I'm lurking here because of the braceros who came through every year and picked our oranges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Has Ajijic lost its "charm?"] Reference

Indeed, during the program's existence there were often more illegal immigrants than braceros employed in.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Strawberry Fields] Reference

The oral-history project quickly grew, and braceros around the country lined up to share their experiences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference

This 1956 photograph shows braceros being fumigated with DDT as part of the entry process into the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference

It teamed up with the University of Texas, El Paso, which had recently embarked on a project to interview braceros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

Eventually, thousands of braceros won permanent residency, and then citizenship, in the U.S. NMAH/Smithsonian Institution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference

Some towns welcomed the braceros, offering Spanish-language mass at churches and Spanish-language films at movie theaters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales From the Field Hit the Road] Reference

My grandfather once employed braceros on his farm, and my dad told me he used to hang around with them as they worked the fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference

It seems that there will never be justice for the braceros.    From Wordnik.com.  [VivirLatino] Reference

Many relatives and neighbors of former braceros now work at Swift plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Corner] Reference

A portion was deducted from the braceros 'pay and sent to Mexico in a savings fund.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merced Sun-Star: front] Reference

Flores estimates that of the 3,000 braceros in the Valley, about 750 have qualified.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

For years, braceros toiled in the fields and the railroads amid labor shortages in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference

It wants widows lacking marriage certificates to win payment as well as brothers and sisters of braceros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merced Sun-Star: front] Reference

"This is a tribute from the court to everything the braceros endured and it's woefully overdue," Karsh said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Times Leader News] Reference

Flores said there are about 5,000 living ex-braceros in the Valley, of whom 3,000 applied for the payment program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

Thousands of braceros worked in U.S. fields and rail yards between 1942 and 1964 under agreements between both countries.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Many of the braceros settled in the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference

Of braceros who work for little pay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field Workers Song] Reference

He was joined by some of the original braceros.    From Wordnik.com.  [HispanicTrending] Reference

The term "braceros" was derived from the Spanish word for "arm.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Braceros' Tales] Reference