Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What can we learn from the old "brasero" program?
In 1953, Pres. Eisenhower created the "brasero program" because thousands of Mexicans were crossing over and working illegally.
It was killed in 1965 by Pres. Johnson. Looking back, Pres. Johnson made a huge mistake to please the labor unions:
"I've written before about how President Eisenhower's Bracero guest-worker program reduced arrests of illegal aliens at the border from over a million in 1954 to only 45,000 by 1959. The number of arrests remained under 100,000 a year until 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson ended the program under pressure from labor unions." (Don't Run for the Border by John Fund)
The brasero program worked for two reasons:
1) It established a legal framework for hiring Mexican workers.
2) It understood that most Mexicans just want to come here to work. They just want an opportunity to work, make some dollars and go back home.
Let's revive a modern version of "brasero". Give people a chance to come here, work and go back to Mexico with a pocketful of dollars!
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1 comment:
I agree and have been saying the same thing for the better part of a year. The ONLY reason we have 12+ Million illegals here is that they are virtually trapped here. After sneaking into the country once they can't risk going home and then sneaking back in.
Give them the freedom to move back and forth and I believe most of them will leave.
I haven't heard anyone state that it is the desire of Mexicans to become Americans.
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