Cause And Effect Essay On Braceros Life

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With twenty pesos in his pocket Jose journeyed on north to try his luck. The chances were slim for him to be chosen for the bracero program, but he wanted a better life for his family so he took his chances. Many, like Jose, applied for the braceros program each one of them trying out their luck, but out of the thousands only a few were chosen. Each of them exited to win more money each of them exited to receive the promises that they offered to them when they were scouted. Each one of them with hopes and dreams that soon would be crushed that would affect the braceros and their families, but would enlarge the United States greatly.
It was 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed which began the war in the pacific. That year not only Men were to get …show more content…

The braceros who stayed and decided to deal with the conditions began to feel the effects. After working long hours the braceros began to weaken physically and mentally. You may be ask yourselves how they were affected mentally. Well most of the braceros were threatened by their employers. They would send them to do backbreaking labor. The braceros were not allowed to complain if they complained they would be sent back to Mexico. For some braceros that threat affected them the most because they did not have anything that they could live off in Mexico and they needed to sustain a family. The Braceros were so filled up with fear that they would be sent back to Mexico that they would do whatever the employer said. The fear of the workers gave the advantage to the employers and they would make the braceros do hard work for little pay. The conditions became worse and worse for the braceros during the contract period. Bickerton writes, “Braceros received insufficient food and substandard housing, and suffered inadequate wages, unsafe working conditions, and unemployment during the contract periods” (909). Although all of this was going on the government ignored everything and let injustices keep going (Bickerton 909). The braceros were striped from their rights as a bracero. Which affected the braceros

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