What was the US government's Bracero Program?

Question

What was the US government's Bracero Program?

• a government mandate that deported illegal aliens back to Mexico

• an initiative that allowed women to work in government-owned factories

• an agreement that allowed Mexican migrant workers to work in America

• an initiative that created an oil pipeline from Texas to New York

Answer 1

The US government's Bracero Program was an agreement that allowed Mexican migrant workers to work in America. It started in 1942 during World War II to address labor shortages in agriculture and continued until 1964. It was a bilateral agreement between the US and Mexico, with millions of Mexican workers being contracted to work in the US on temporary agricultural labor contracts.