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August 1942- U.S and Mexican governments sign an agreement to accept Mexican temporary workers for United States farms with transportation and costs and promise not to mistreat them.
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October 1944- Many Hispanic workers were needed to grow crops and plants. Physical Exams were needed to accept Hispanic workers. After having their physical exams identification was needed in order to be recruited as a bracero worker.
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September 1948- Mexico reports about 20,000 braceros working in the United States. Many men who were recruited to work were also able to take their whole family across the border to live with them while they worked.
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Summer 1959- Cesar Chavez begins advocacy work in California bracero camps to expose poor living and working conditions. Bracero registry reaches its peak – 430,000 working in the United States.
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Summer 1963- Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg reflects the Kennedy administration's dim view of the bracero program. That results in U.S. congressional action allowing just one more year of bracero recruiting.
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Fall of 1965- The United Farm Workers Association headed by Cesar Chavez joined a strike called by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which included Filipino grape pickers. In the spring of 1966. The combined groups won a 40 percent wage increase for grape pickers, largely because no Braceros were available. This U.F.W grape victory guided in a 15-year golden era for US farm workers that ended with rising illegal migration in the 1980's and 1990's.