Bracero Program – Object #3

Identification Card for Santos Nunez Sotelo

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<p>Santos Nunez Sotelo’s typed identification card and permit affiliated with Lepanto Growers Association. An identification photo and fingerprint are on the bottom left side.</p>

Alien Laborer’s Permit and Identification Card for Santos Nunez Sotelo, from 1954. Association identified as Lepanto Growers Association, Arkansas

Questions

This is one of the main identification cards that bracero workers require to keep. 

What kind of personal details are present? 

What does the card tell us about this man’s job? 

What purpose would the fingerprint serve?

Citations

Santos Nunez Sotelo and US Department of Justice, “Identification Card,” Bracero History Archive, accessed January 18, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/516.