aug 4, 1942 - Mexico Farm Labor Agreement

Description:

• Imported labor – government-sanctioned immigration
• Zoo suit riots
– Los Angeles
• Official policy until 1964
– 4.2 M migrants
– Continued as unofficial labor source
• "Legalized slavery" according to the U.S. Department of Labor



• Bracero program
• World War II
– Labor Shortages

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