Bracero

Harry DeMell: From World War 2 until 1964 we had a program called the Bracero Program.

Andy Schupak: Repealing the Guest Worker Program Andy Schupak 2011

Harry DeMell: From World War 2 until 1964 we had a program called the Bracero Program.

Andy Schupak: Repealing the Guest Worker Program Andy Schupak 2011

The U.S. government operated a similar endeavor, called the Bracero Program, from 1942 to 1964.

In the Strawberry Fields 1995

The contract labor agreement between the U.S. and Mexico was known as the Bracero Program

HispanicTrending 2008

The period from 1960 to 1975 (roughly from the end of the "Bracero" program, which imported Mexican farmworkers, to the beginning of the mass illegal immigration we are still experiencing today) was a period of considerable agricultural mechanization.

The Employment Situation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

U.S. legal immigration from Latin America, Asia, and elsewhere grew because of changes begun that year in visa allocation, while unauthorized migration (mostly from Mexico) grew because of the termination of the 1942-1965 "Bracero" guestworker (legal, temporary migration) program.

Mark Schuller: Guest Blog: An Anthropological Look at Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law 2010

He suggests McDonnell develop a Virginia version of the "Bracero" program, which put millions of Hispanics -- many Mexican -- to work after World War II while allowing them to return to their home countries regularly.

On Cinco de Mayo, Hispanic activist to urge McDonnell to act on immigration 2010

From the notorious "Bracero" program which began in 1942 and ended in 1964 amid great controversy and public outcry to the current H-2A program, every bit as flawed as its predecessor and plagued by a litany of abuses.

Bruce Goldstein: The Bush Administration's Latest Assault on Immigrant Farmworkers 2008

We should legalize it in a way where – unlike the slavery-by-any-other-name Bracero program – officials aren’t robbing the workers at every turn.

Archive 2008-08-01 2008

We should legalize it in a way where – unlike the slavery-by-any-other-name Bracero program – officials aren’t robbing the workers at every turn.

the crossing 2008