Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday he will suggest 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 authorizes Mexicans to temporarily work in the United States to fill labor shortages during World War II and afterward. Lopez Obrador said the U.S. economy needs Mexican workers because of their strength, their youth.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday he will put forward a Bracero-style immigrant labor program to U.S. President Joe Biden during a video call between the two leaders planned for Monday.
Biden has proposed legislation to give legal status and a path to citizenship to all of the estimated 11 million people in the country who dont have it.
