The truth behind the Bracero program
Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
In her Monday letter on immigration, Candace Somers misstates details of the Bracero progam. The program was established Aug. 4, 1942. The provisions were as follows:
— All expenses associated with it were to be covered by the employer. This included transportation, housing, food, medical and any other expenditures incurred by the workers.
— Bracero workers could not bring their families, including children, with them.
— Employers were responsible for ensuring that workers were returned to Mexico after their approximately six-month working contract was completed.
If our farmers actually need more laborers on a temporary basis to harvest their crops, I suggest that a new Bracero program be instigated at no cost to the taxpayer.
