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TEACHER KEY Title/Author/Date Type of Document Policy Message Evidence Category (Expand/Limit) #1: Braceros Photographs Bracero Program, 1943 Immigrants were encouraged to come to fill labor shortage Immigrants were given transport to US to work in RR but were fumigated with DDT upon arrival Expanded #2: Undocumented Migration to US.. Ngai Secondary source National Origins Act The 1924 Naturalization Act excluded a on Mexicans Although immigration was not limited by the quota , the Border Patrol was established and a head tax imposed which made immigration more challenging for poor Mexicans Limited #3: Number of Persons Entering the US from Mexico (1920-1940) 1960 Bar Graph Mexican Repatriation 1929 the number of Mexicans immigrants fell After 1924 there was a dip in the number of Mexican immigrants but after 1929 it fell to almost 0 Limited #4: Letter to the editor: cong. Jacob Gilbert 1965 Letter to the editor Bracero Program and the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 End of Bracero Program will migrant labor with no protections NY Times Op ed advocates for benefits and protection for migratory farm worker Many (business exploited Bracero Program) New bill should give worker immigrants status Expanded #5: Southwest at ‘Wetbacks’ Jobs, New York Times. 1951 Newspaper McCarren-Walter Act of 1952 and Operation Wetback Increased immigration due to lax govt policies and Farmers recruiting Farmers feel they have to import illegal worker, not enough border patrol to control flow, communities outraged, border patrol has increased apprehensions Limited #6: After the Amnesty: 20 years later. Luis Andres Henao, The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 6, 2006 Newspaper Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 IRCA balances tighter border enforcement and amnesty call for tighter border control, sanctions against employers of undocumented workers and amnesty for residents Expands residents but limits immigration #7: Truman Veto, June 25, 1952 Presidential Veto Immigration and Nationality Act Proposed Act violates the American founding principles b/c Retains national origin quotas Quotas violate ideals in Dof I, is out of date for modern world. Grounds for Deportation severe Limited