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Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Because it worked out so well last time, right?

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Saturday he will propose a ‘Bracero’ style immigrant labor program to U.S. President Joe Biden during a video call between the two leaders planned for Monday. 

The Bracero program allowed Mexicans to temporarily work in the United States to fill labor shortages during World War II and afterward. López Obrador said the U.S. economy needs Mexican workers because of “their strength, their youth.”

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Most of them didn't go home after their permits expired and those that did had their money stolen by the Mexican government.