— Kim Kellywhen the bracero program ended in 1964, so did an important legal pathway for migrant workers to attain seasonal employment in the States. According to the Farm Bureau, at least 50 to 70 percent of today’s farm laborers are undocumented, which deprives them of essential labor law protections and the opportunity to formally organize.
Replicated under Fair Use from Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly.