Numbers
Brought over 4.5 million temporary Mexican agriculture workers to the U.S.
What is the Bracero Program?
The government required employers to maintain an ______, confirming that they asked for proper documentation.
What is the I-9 form?
Included shelter, humane treatment, fair wage, health screenings, and food
What are all Bracero Contracts?
Built between San Diego and Mexico with a budget of twelve million dollars
What is a fourteen mile fence?
One to two million people of Mexican origin were deported due to structural changes because of the Great Depression.
What is 1929-1944?
To ensure that the agricultural sector had enough labor force and to protect the jobs and wages of the U.S. workers.
What is the H2-A Visa?
Combined modest legal immigration with massive undocumented entry
Were not eligible for Medicaid, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income until ______
What is "they became citizens?"
Lowered the immigration quota by half and deterred most Europeans
Legalized undocumented immigrants already in the country, and implemented
Immense deportation program that was aimed to target undocumented Mexicans or anyone suspected to be Mexican
Whats is Operation Wetback?
Replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program
What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?
Over 27 million immigrants came to the U.S.
What is 1880-1930?
Legalization Programs specifically geared towards agricultural workers
What are the Special Agricultural Worker and Replenishment Agricultural Worker programs?
Studied existing laws, immigration trends, and governmental procedures allowing admission to all migrants
What is the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy?
Applying within the first year of entry, aliens cannot reapply if previously denied, and photos and fingerprints must be submitted
What is applying for asylum?