| LABOR SUPPLY US Eases Entry of Mexican Farm Hands | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1539 |
| Catalog #: | 350391 | |
| Clip Number: | 350391-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 023-319-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:48:06 - 00:49:20 | |
| Location: | Texas & California, USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Misc IMMIGRATION: To USA from Mexico LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA OCCUPATIONS: Argiculture / Farming / Raching OCCUPATIONS: Migrant Labor / Itinerant Labor | |
| Description: | LABOR SUPPLY US Eases Entry of Mexican Farm Hands "Good Neighbor Labor Supply." Restrictions are eased to permit the entry of Mexican farm labor for work in the U.S. Under international agreement and contracts, once illegal entrants may now work for specified periods on valuable crops. Shot border station and lines of laborers; DIM FOOTAGE; then better shots; laborers get physical exams (medical exam) and are fingerprinted by INS; shot of tractor in field; laborers with shovels plant citrus trees; Mexican migrant workers including a very young looking man on the job; showing papers to border guards | |
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