The Circuit
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Under the Wire Soledad Inside Out Miracle in Tent City El Angel de Oro Christmas Gift Death Forgiven Cotton Sack The Circuit Learning the Game To Have and to Hold Moving Still
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All Themes Change and Instability Immigrants, Discrimination, and Injustice Childhood vs. Adulthood Family and Community
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The Circuit

by

Francisco Jiménez

The Circuit Terms

Bracero

Bracero means “manual laborer” in Spanish; in The Circuit, the term specifically refers to a worker who has come from Mexico to the United States to work as a farm laborer under the Bracero… read analysis of Bracero
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