Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Advanced Search. Summary of Interview: Mr. Magallanes briefly recalls his childhood during which time he went to school for only three years; he was hired as a bracero in , and worked in cotton and beet fields; he worked in Pecos, Texas, where the living conditions were harsh; there were between braceros living in the same barracks; the food service was terrible as well; sometimes there was not enough food for all the braceros, but they had to pay for the food regardless of whether they ate or not; whenever they had free time, they liked to drink beer and have races.
Summary of Interview: Ms. Summary of Interview: When Mr. Summary of Interview: By the time Mr. Summary of Interview: In , when Mr. Delgado became a bracero, he was married and had two children; he recalls that the officials from the United States chose braceros based on the way they walked and the condition of their hands; his first work contract took him to Pecos, Texas; the living conditions there were problematic because there were up to forty braceros per barracks; many of them stayed up late playing cards or talking; he remembers that there was one bracero that was particularly good at playing cards; as a result, this bracero and a rancher went from town to town playing cards, and consequently won a lot of money; Mr.
Delgado tried sending money to his family, but they never received any of it.
