Enrique Arias Field Notes On Mexican Americans

Imperial Valley, California 1935. A man and young child harvesting carrots during the Great Depression. During this time Mexican children were send to go work with their parents instead of being sent to school. They had to go work so that their family would have enough money to support their family because they were being paid very low wages. Children were expected to work the same as an adult but they would get paid less than the adults. So when they grew up they didn’t have any education except what they know about farm work so they would keep working there. Even though when the Great Depression happened they were not wanted anymore and they were being sent back to their homeland.