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e US signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico on August 4, 9142. That same day the bracero program was initiated. It guaranteed a minimum wage of 30 cents per hour and decent living conditions. The Bracero Program agreement was extended into the Migrant Labor Agreement of 1951, which was enacted as an amendment to the Agricultural Act of 1949 (Public Law 78) by Congress. This is what set the official guidelines for the Bracero Program until 1964 when it was no longer used.
Mendez v Westminster 1947 Mendez v Westminster court case challenged schools for Mexicans in Orange County, California. The US court ruled that the forced segregation of Mexican American students into separate schools was against the constitution, because social equality is a paramount requisite in the American system of public education. Schools must be open to all children regardless of their lineage." This case was known as the first ruling in the United States in favor of desegregating schools.
Executive Order 10450- April 27, 1953
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president who issued this executive order. It revoked President Truman's Executive Order 9835 of 1947, and dismantled the program in the order known as Loyalty Review Board program. This order
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