The '''Bracero Program''' brought nearly 5 million Mexicans to the [[United States]] to work on large farms in the southwest in August 1942. They were temporary contract workers, and many later returned home. However, about 350,000 settled permanently in the United States. | The '''Bracero Program''' brought nearly 5 million Mexicans to the [[United States]] to work on large farms in the southwest in August 1942. They were temporary contract workers, and many later returned home. However, about 350,000 settled permanently in the United States. |