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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Ex-braceros leery of guest worker plan / They say Senate bill needs assurances on living conditions, pay

Ex-braceros leery of guest worker plan / They say Senate bill needs assurances on living conditions, pay
By Tyche Hendricks
Picking beets, cherries and cotton and shoveling manure on farms across the United States as a Mexican guest worker in the 1940s and 1950s, Cecilio Santillana was glad to earn a few dollars a day. He didn't complain about living in horse stalls without...

 



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