| She looks with respect on the program's effort to set standards for wages, housing, and guarantees of employment for the braceros. |
| The Braceros were required to deposit part of their wages in forced savings accounts back in Mexico to insure their departure when their labor contracts were terminated. |
| Congress had just terminated the famously exploitative Bracero Program for Mexican guest workers in response to reports of miserable pay and working conditions and farm employers' illegal use of braceros as strikebreakers. |
| The neighborhood continued to serve as a port of entry for many incoming Mexican immigrants, braceros, Mexican American migrants, and Puerto Rican labor migrants. |
| The braceros were paid even less than ordinary farm workers, so that when the latter tried to strike, employers simply shipped in more braceros. |
| When the braceros completed the harvest, they were sent back to Mexico until the next season. |
