“Years ago they had a good program - I think it was called the “bracero” program whereby the farmer associations were permitted to arrange with labor companies who hired Mexicans, brought them in to do the farm work and then return them to their homes in Mexico.”
Came a time when they wouldn’t go back. Then the Mexican government relalised what great deal they had- send the
low level worker north and instant pressure valve= no Mexican Revolucion.
only after the union took over - before it worked well - I believe their pay was provided on return to Mexico. I worked for a company that serviced equipment for the farmers in the San Juaquin valley in 1950 before Uncle Sam sent me to Korea.