During World War II, Mexican workers came to the United States as part of the Bracero Program.
The Bracero Program was a series of laws that sought to assure decent working and living conditions for Mexican immigrants who came to the United States in order to work. Moreover, the Bracero Program established that the minimum wage for these Mexican workers had to be 30 cents an hour. These laws were passed in 1942 and the program, which brought millions of Mexicans to the United States, extended until 1964.
