Hi everyone! We hope you enjoyed this educational distraction. This week, we decided to cover two really important topics related to immigrant rights. We'll also link some resources and organizations that serve the communities affected by these recent events.

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)

Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)

Sources:

Morales, Manuel R. Bracero: Manuel R. Morales and the Mexican Guest Worker Program. 1990.

González, Gilbert G. Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program. 2015.Gutiérrez, David G. The Bracero Program: A History of U.S. Immigration Policy. 1996.García y Griego, Manuel. “The Bracero Program: A History of United States-Mexico Labor Migration.” Hispanic American Historical Review, 1980.Smithsonian Institution. “Bracero History Archive.” Bracero Archive Website.

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/17/551490281/dolores-huerta-the-civil-rights-icon-who-showed-farmworkers-si-se-puede

• https://www.nps.gov/places/the-forty-acres.htm

• https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/meister/21%20UFWMeister70-2-Victory.doc.pdf

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