Cage of Gold
The corrupt business of deportation

Publisher:  Harper's Magazine
Year Published:  2020
Resource Type:  Article

On the Bracero Program that perpetuated violence and exploitation against Mexican laborers, and argues for a reckoning with this history in US-Mexico relations.

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"The Bracero Program was, in many ways, a system of mass incarceration that kept workers confined and controlled, unable to exercise their rights or leave the country. It was a form of economic and social control, designed to benefit employers and the US government, while denying basic human dignity to Mexican laborers. Understanding this history is essential to understanding the deep roots of the current system of immigration enforcement and the need for a more just and humane approach to immigration policy."