Like Sosa’s grandfather, millions of Mexicans came to the U.S. through the Bracero program, a temporary ... to deal with labor shortages from World War II when so many men had gone to war.

The Bracero program brought millions of Mexican farmworkers to the U.S. during World War II, filling critical labor gaps. A new exhibit in Northern California honors their contributions and ...

The Bracero Program had begun in 1943 as an emergency measure to alleviate labor shortages caused by the draft during World War II. After the war ended, growers insisted that the program continue.

Years later, beginning on Aug. 4, 1942, the Bracero Program issued temporary U.S. work permits to millions of Mexicans to ease labor shortages. After World War I and World War II were over ...

Courtesy of Oregon Digital / Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection, Oregon State University The United States’ entry into World War II presented ... the creation of a program to bring Mexican ...

At 14, he was too young to apply for the Bracero Program, but he began to plan to join his brothers, cousins, friends, some of whom had left during World War II. My father, Juan Pablo, back in ...

From 1942 to 1964, the Bracero Program brought millions of workers from Mexico to work in agriculture and the railroad industry. Many came to work in the Salinas Valley and are the grandfathers ...

THE BRACERO PROGRAM BROUGHT AN ESTIMATED 5 MILLION WORKERS FROM MEXICO TO WORK IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY. THE MURAL WILL ALSO SERVE AS A MEMORIAL FOR 32 BRACERO WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED IN 19-63.

The men helped sustain the nation's economy during World War II ... of what that program did for Yolo County," said Supervisor Lucas Frerichs. Supervisor Angel Barajas had bracero family members ...

During the next Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 3, the board will consider a resolution recognizing the Bracero Guest ... began during World War II when Japanese American workers ...