Bracero Immigration Issues
The undocumented immigrants serve the country and American society in time they were needed. most of them have involved building this country side by side the American citizen. there are millions of undocumented immigrants of the whole population living, working, attending school, and paying taxes for years. Most of the undocumented immigrants, after living for years in American society, lost their ability to return to their countries for many reasons, and gradually assimilated into US society especially the new generation. The new generation of Immigrants “Who attended studies at university or college are able to find better jobs and they will build the economy in their new homeland” (Urrutia). Not all undocumented immigrants are illegal
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Due to the massive shortage of manpower (recruitment or the shift of farmers to work in factories, especially arms factories) during World War II, around 4.5 million Mexican workers entered the US border. Although the Bracero agreement contain conditions like (houses, food, health, wages, and limited work hours) But most of these conditions have not been applied by both the US government and farm owners especially in Texas and California. One of the big decrementing and Racism against Mexican worker equal what happen to African- American slave. They were prevented from using public facilities such as restaurants, bars and discos. Like slaves, they allocated places that did not mix with the white man. Side by side the bracero there were the illegal Mexican worker (Wet Back) which used by the farmers because of their low wages and no rights. Some economists have noted that farmers want illegal immigration to provide cheap without rights labors to maintain high value for the land. Migrant farm labor supports the 28 billion dollar fruit and vegetable industry in the U.S The Braceros worker got social security and legal permission to work while their wife’s did not but their children which born in USA deported with their parent wrongly (any child born in the US is automatically a US citizen, 14th Amendment).A large percentage decided to leave and a lesser percentage decided to risk staying in the United States. Eliminating the presence of farmworkers cause negative impact for agriculture
Due to the massive shortage of manpower (recruitment or the shift of farmers to work in factories, especially arms factories) during World War II, around 4.5 million Mexican workers entered the US border. Although the Bracero agreement contain conditions like (houses, food, health, wages, and limited work hours) But most of these conditions have not been applied by both the US government and farm owners especially in Texas and California. One of the big decrementing and Racism against Mexican worker equal what happen to African- American slave. They were prevented from using public facilities such as restaurants, bars and discos. Like slaves, they allocated places that did not mix with the white man. Side by side the bracero there were the illegal Mexican worker (Wet Back) which used by the farmers because of their low wages and no rights. Some economists have noted that farmers want illegal immigration to provide cheap without rights labors to maintain high value for the land. Migrant farm labor supports the 28 billion dollar fruit and vegetable industry in the U.S The Braceros worker got social security and legal permission to work while their wife’s did not but their children which born in USA deported with their parent wrongly (any child born in the US is automatically a US citizen, 14th Amendment).A large percentage decided to leave and a lesser percentage decided to risk staying in the United States. Eliminating the presence of farmworkers cause negative impact for agriculture