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Since La Cañada was so small, the Mexican government only allowed three of its residents to become braceros each year via a lottery.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

According to statistics from the University of Colorado, the number of braceros in the United States jumped by more than 100% from 1952 to 1956, rising to 445,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

Under the program, millions of Mexican laborers, known as braceros, were recruited to work on temporary contracts in various sectors, primarily agriculture, but also in railroad construction and other industries.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

On one Texas farm where Ríos worked, about nine braceros lived in a warehouse set up as a bedroom without air conditioning or heating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

And while it is true that many families are descended from contract colonists not unlike the present-day braceros, all hold to the dream of the longhorn steer and the unfenced horizon.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck