Interviewer
Fernanda Carrillo
Project
Bracero Oral History
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
Delia Francisca Montero de Tiscareño was born on October 4, 1928, in Durango, Durango, México; when she was two years old, she and her family moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, which is where she grew up; although she was raised in Juárez, she went to school in El Paso, Texas; upon graduating from high school in 1945, she began working for an American immigration office in Ciudad Juárez.
Summary of Interview
Ms. Montero briefly describes her childhood; when she was two years old, she and her family moved from Durango, Durango, México, to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México; she went to school in El Paso, Texas and in 1945, she graduated from high school; shortly thereafter, she began working as a clerk and typist at an American immigration office in Ciudad Juárez; her job was to help the incoming braceros fill out the necessary paper work for their contracts; she describes how the ranchers would wait for the braceros to finish filling out the papers so they could immediately take them back to their ranches to work; in addition, she comments that the braceros were taken directly from there to the ranches to work, and there was no processing center involved.
Date of Interview
2-22-2003
Length of Interview
51 minutes
Listen to the Interview
Tape Number
No. 1136
Transcript Number
No. 1136
Length of Transcript
29pages
Interview Number
No. 1136
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Delia Francisca Montero de Tiscareño by Fernanda Carrillo, 2003, "Interview no. 1136," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.
Comments
Interview in Spanish.