The Significance Of The Braceros Program

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It's important to note that Cesar didn't go to law school, but it didn't limit him or stop him to do something significant such as fighting for the civil rights of farmworkers. After he had returned from WW II, he began to find a way to gain the support of others to change the unjust laws that approved in 1942 through the Braceros program. U.S passed this law during WW II to bring foreign workers into the United States because all Americans went to the war. Although, the Department of Justice promised those foreigners with fundamental human rights such as adequate shelters, foods, sanitary facility, as well as stable minimum wage without discriminating them. However, the promised wasn't fulfill because Mexicans and Filipinos faced with racial

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