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A U.S. Border Patrol official reviews a bracero's documents while others wait in line to be processed at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.

A U.S. Border Patrol official reviews a bracero's documents while others wait in line to be processed at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary Sources
Date Posted: 9/3/2020

A U.S. Border Patrol official reviews a bracero's documents while others wait in line to be processed at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.


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United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

3: The causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S. role in world affairs
 

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