Growers falsified info to earn more money Braceros earned $205 million from 1943-1947 JFK's opposition decreased support for the program program strengthened U.S-Mexican relations Braceros end labor shortage controlled by Department of Labor Braceros paid on average 50 cents/hour Public Law 283= felony to hire "wetbacks" World War II=Direct cause increased legal immigration Public Law 78= government control of braceros 3.5 million contracts signed between 1951-1964 ended in 1964 Braceros used as strikebreakers began in 1942 influenced united farm workers movement worked for 18 months bilateral agreement between U.S. and Mexico H-2a visa established after the program ended labor shortage in the U.S during WWII Growers controlled wages from 1948-1951 increased Mexico's economic development U.S. farm workers against program Korean War expands the program Growers falsified info to earn more money Braceros earned $205 million from 1943-1947 JFK's opposition decreased support for the program program strengthened U.S-Mexican relations Braceros end labor shortage controlled by Department of Labor Braceros paid on average 50 cents/hour Public Law 283= felony to hire "wetbacks" World War II=Direct cause increased legal immigration Public Law 78= government control of braceros 3.5 million contracts signed between 1951-1964 ended in 1964 Braceros used as strikebreakers began in 1942 influenced united farm workers movement worked for 18 months bilateral agreement between U.S. and Mexico H-2a visa established after the program ended labor shortage in the U.S during WWII Growers controlled wages from 1948-1951 increased Mexico's economic development U.S. farm workers against program Korean War expands the program
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Growers falsified info to earn more money
Braceros earned $205 million from 1943-1947
JFK's opposition decreased support for the program
program strengthened U.S-Mexican relations
Braceros end labor shortage
controlled by Department of Labor
Braceros paid on average 50 cents/hour
Public Law 283= felony to hire "wetbacks"
World War II=Direct cause
increased legal immigration
Public Law 78= government control of braceros
3.5 million contracts signed between 1951-1964
ended in 1964
Braceros used as strikebreakers
began in 1942
influenced united farm workers movement
worked for 18 months
bilateral agreement between U.S. and Mexico
H-2a visa established after the program ended
labor shortage in the U.S during WWII
Growers controlled wages from 1948-1951
increased Mexico's economic development
U.S. farm workers against program
Korean War expands the program
