Immigration officials called it “drying out the wetbacks.” The growers enrolled them in the so-called Bracero Program, the Mexican agricultural guest-worker program that had been in place ...

For much of America’s history, the idea of deporting people, never mind mass deportations, was unheard of. Prior to the end of the 19th century or so, America ...

Replacing the Bracero Program When Carter became president in January 1977 , 13 years had passed since the end of the Bracero ...

Hours after he was inaugurated for a second term on Monday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and reshaped policy to target anyone ...

“Our contributions have been completely overlooked,” said Sandoval, whose grandfather was part of the Bracero program, a government-sponsored agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that allowed ...

When the U.S. entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked with Mexico to create the Bracero program, providing legal short-term Mexican labor to American employers like farms and ...