Emily Barocas utilizes NPR to focus on the bracero program, mentioning that the bracero program was created to control illegal immigration but then it was criticized for tolerating the mistreatment of Mexican workers. Barocas introduces the perspective of a bracero worker, Guadalupe Martinez, who now lives in Los Angeles. Martinez speaks about his experience and his reason for becoming a bracero. Martinez mentions that in 1952 there was little to no rain for three years where he was living, because of that, there was no way for him to feed his family and it was the reason why he decided to become a bracero.
Barocas shines a light on the promises many workers were made before entering the program. Braceros were supposed to be guaranteed a minimum wage, housing, food, and healthcare but many times these promises were broken. Martinez speaks about his experience working in agriculture and describes the harsh conditions many workers were in. He mentioned that workers had to pick around nine hundred boxes of onions per truck but there was nothing they could do about it.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4556696
Sources
Barocas, Emily. “Examining the Legacy of the Braceros Program.” NPR. NPR, March 23, 2005. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4556696.