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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***VIDEO *** Braceros program during WWII to encourage Mexicans to come here for jobs
You should go to youtube to watch it and read the comments for more info about the people who came here on this program and how they were treated.

alwaysinasnit
(5,478 posts)
Figarosmom
(7,276 posts)Whose parents also were part of this program. I'm glad they came because they are good friends and I'm richer for having them. I really loved their tamales on holidays too.
alwaysinasnit
(5,478 posts)
marble falls
(67,186 posts)Figarosmom
(7,276 posts)I'm sure the visa programs are like this but they are according to industry, have low available visas and are exploitable with lower pay rates. We need new immigration laws. And visas should not be able to be pulled by the Presidents whims.
Timewas
(2,489 posts)Why it was stopped, seemed like the perfect answer
Figarosmom
(7,276 posts)Then would have to be renewed.
marble falls
(67,186 posts)... regarding treatment of workers. It made workers less likely to complain or organize by making them "illegal".
Timewas
(2,489 posts)hardluck
(735 posts)MineralMan
(149,580 posts)The bracero program was full of corruption and maltreatment of the workers. I saw it. Most grownups in that town looked the other way. The program continued right up until I graduated from high school in 1963 and moved away from there. It poisoned that town and surrounding communities.