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vulnerable migrants. The FSA set up several camps specifically for Mexican Americans in an
attempt to create safe havens from violent attacks.
The camps also provided an unexpected benefit. In bringing together so many individual farm
families, they increased ties within the community. Many residents began organizing their fellow
workers around labor issues, and helped pave the way for the farm labor movements that
emerged later in the century. This interview with a leader of the FSA camp in El Rio, California
describes some of the day-to-day issues that the camp residents dealt with.