• TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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    243 months ago

    Reading about The Bracero Program seems kind of wild in today’s anti-immigrant US climate.

    The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning “manual laborer” or “one who works using his arms”) was a U.S. Government-sponsored program that imported Mexican farm and railroad workers into the United States between the years 1942 and 1964.

    • Schadrach
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      53 months ago

      Temporary agricultural worker visas are one of the types of work visa with no limit, and actually have more protections than a lot of regular US workers. They still hire illegals because illegals are cheaper.