Bracero Program - Wikipedia The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a temporary labor initiative between the United States and Mexico that allowed Mexican workers to be employed in the U S agricultural and railroad industries from 1942 to 1964
Bracero Program | Definition, Significance, Discrimination - Britannica Bracero Program, series of agreements between the U S and Mexican governments to allow temporary laborers from Mexico, known as braceros, to work legally in the United States The program ran from 1942 to 1964, and during that time more than 4 5 million Mexicans arrived in the United States
1942: Bracero Program - A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and . . . 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
Bracero Agreement (1942-1964) - Immigration History During World War II, the U S government negotiated with the Mexican government to recruit Mexican workers, all men and without their families, to work on short-term contracts on farms and in other war industries After the war, the program continued in agriculture until 1964
The Bracero Program: Prelude to Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker . . . The Bracero Program was a federally sponsored labor program that was initiated following negotiations with the U S and Mexican governments Officially called the Mexican Farm Labor Program, it was created to address the U S labor shortage caused by World War II and lasted from 1942 to 1964
The Bracero Program: Mexican Labor in the U. S. during WWII The Bracero Program, initiated in 1942, allowed Mexican laborers to work temporarily in the United States, providing crucial support to agriculture and other industries This initiative not only addressed immediate economic needs but also laid the groundwork for complex social and political dynamics between the U S and Mexico that would
The Bracero Program: Cheap Labor for U. S. Farms - ThoughtCo Between 1943 and 1954, over a dozen strikes and work stoppages were staged, mainly in the Pacific Northwest, by braceros protesting racial discrimination, low wages, and poor working and living conditions
The Bracero Program - University of Northern Colorado Original Bracero Agreement Mexico and U S August 1943 The Bracero program was an agreement between the U S and Mexican governments that permitted Mexican citizens to take temporary agricultural work in the United States
Background Information about the Bracero Program A brief overview of the Bracero program that allowed Mexican agricultural workers to enter the U S legally to work as farm laborers Years of Bracero program: 1942- 1964 Numbers of workers involved in the Bracero program: between 4 5 and 5 million Number of workers during the peak year of the Bracero program (1956):Â 445,197