WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An executive order called the Mexican Farm Labor Program established the Bracero Program in 1942. This series of diplomatic accords between Mexico and the United States permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Farmers wanted Mexican workers, and the Mexican government wanted jobs for peasants who had been displaced during the 1910-17 civil war. However, some Braceros returned to Mexico with few savings because of debts incurred to the stores located in employer-operated housing camps.

Detailed explanation-3: -The program and problems Under the Bracero Program the U.S. government offered Mexican citizens short-term contracts to work in the United States. The government guaranteed that the braceros would be protected from discrimination and substandard wages.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bracero Program started out as an agreement between the United States and Mexico in 1942. It brought Mexican workers to the U.S. to replace men who were leaving their farms to fight in World War II. But the program didn’t end with the war.

Detailed explanation-5: -A shortage of manual labor jeopardized the war effort, so the US government established the Bracero Program, allowing 50, 000 Mexican agricultural workers and 75, 000 railroad workers to come as guest workers to the United States. These workers were crucial to the country’s wartime economy.