Day 26: Immigration History 101
● 1943: Bracero Program
o Brings in over 5 million temporary workers from Mexico, mostly to fill agricultural labor shortage during WWII.
Immigrant of the day: Mexican-born chemist Mario Molina won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for his research on how man-made compounds affect the ozone layer.
Cartoon by: Angel Boligan, El Universal, Mexico City, www.caglecartoons.com
**Program created by Ana Rodriguez-BorderLinks’ (Tucson AZ)**
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