Mass bracero recruitment (mar 1, 1960 – mar 1, 1960)
Description:
-Mexicans & Puerto Ricans became subjects of state-sponsored mass labor importation programs in the U.S.-Emergency Farm Labor Program/Bracero Program: called for temporary recruitment for Mexican men to work in agricultural and railroad work
-Mexico and Puerto Rico were seen as main choices for having low-wage labor
-WW2 era resulted in an increased amount of migration to the U.S.
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Date:
mar 1, 1960
mar 1, 1960
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