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Norquest, Carrol – 1972
Farmers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas saw a rise of wetback labor in the 1930s and 40s. The wetback laborers were Mexicans who had crossed the Rio Grande and were in the United States illegally to work. Carrol Norquest, a farmer in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, employed wetbacks regularly. In this book, Mr. Norquest writes about the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agriculture, Books, Braceros
Ben-Ami, Ilan – Migration World Magazine, 1992
Examines characteristics and immigration experiences of young male Israeli immigrants to New York City who find work in car washes and furniture moving, jobs requiring neither special skills nor work papers. Differences in background and long-range immigration plans between the groups are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Cultural Background
Download full textMason, Bert; Alvarado, Andrew; Palacio, Robert – 1996
This paper examines the social and economic impacts of Mexican immigration on Fresno (California). Since the early 1980s, immigration to California has been dominated by illegal immigrants from rural Mexico seeking agricultural jobs in rural California. This rural migration impacts urban centers in agricultural regions; these impacts lag the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agricultural Laborers, Community Change, Educational Attainment
