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Baby photo of Belen Soto Moren standing on a chair outside.

Picture of man with shovel releasing crop from a storage bin on the farm.

Black and white photograph of a truck with people standing in the bed. They're holding American flags.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Guadalupe Mena Arizmendi was born on a ranch near Buenavista, Guerrero, México, on December 26, 1928; his family worked in agriculture, and he had little formal schooling; he married at age eighteen, and when he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Socorro O. Perez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas; in 1954, she began working as a clerk and typist at Rio Vista, a bracero processing center in Socorro, Texas; she continued working there until 1957, and…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sam Sanchez was born on April 5, 1936, in San Elizario, Texas; he had twelve siblings, and his father was a farmer; upon graduating from high school, he joined the Marine Corps; when he finished his tour of duty…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Raymundo Villa was born in Ysleta, Texas, on December 24, 1939; he had eight brothers and sisters; his father was the foreman on a farm near Ysleta; he initially became involved with the bracero program as an…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ray Reaves was born in Missouri, but due to difficulties with his mother’s health, his family moved to Alpine, Texas, when he was an infant; his mother died when he was only four years old, and he was raised by…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Dr. Pedro A. Ortega, M.D. was born in Alquizar, Havana, Cuba, on February 22, 1927; while in Cuba, he was employed at a clinic for the workers and family of an American owned nickel processing plant; in 1961, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Manuela Baquera was born in Tornillo, Texas; she grew up on a ranch near Ysleta, Texas, that dealt primarily in cotton; the ranch often hired braceros to help with the picking and harvesting of the…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Julius Lowenberg was born in El Paso, Texas, on April 15, 1934; he graduated from Cathedral High School; sometime later, he began working for the Public Health Office at the Stanton Bridge in El Paso, and at Rio…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Inez Rios was born in El Paso, Texas, on April 20, 1936; she grew up on a farm near Ysleta, Texas, with her eight brothers and sisters; her father was the head foreman on the farm where they lived; braceros were…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Elías Bonilla was born on April 1, 1934, in Tornillo, Texas; his father was originally from Chihuahua, México, and his mother was originally from Coahuila, México; he was the eldest of five children; his father…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Eleanor Martin was born on March 1, 1932, in Colorado City, Texas; her father worked for Southern Pacific Railroad, and as a result, they moved around quite often; she attended Texas Women’s University in…

Military Service Identification Card for Aurelio Marin Luna, April 15, 1961 for Phoenix, AZ.

Military Service Identification card with rules and regulations for Aurelio Marin Luna, issued November 15, 1959.

Military Service identification card for Aurelio Marin Luna.

Military Service identification card for Aurelio Marin Luna, completed 1960.

Photograph of Aurelio Marin Luna for/from an identification card from Empalme, Sonora in 1960.

Alien laborer's identification card. MICA card.

Alien laborer's identification card. MICA card.

This registration form verifies that the Mexican government received Asterio Lopez Leon's application on September 10, 2003 for his 10%.

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This letter was written in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.