Migration; then and now

The Bracero program brought millions of Mexicans across the border in 1942 for labor. Some of these were sent to due emergency labor needed on railroads and agriculture during World War II. The labor was only short term. These hispanics were desperate for labor so they were taking difficult jobs at very low wages. With this little information given, I can already make connections to this program and the current state of labor in the United States. We have green cards that allow people to come across our border for a certain amount of time and work. Just like we talked about in class I think there is still some migration across the border that is allowed and that is illegal. GOP candidate Dr. Ben Carson visited the border and he stated that his photographer that was with him was able to walk through a human size hole in the border fence and take pictures of the United States from technically Mexico. Just like these workers that crossed a long time ago, these Mexican workers that come over today are taking jobs that essentially no other Americans want to take. Whether its cleaning dishes at a restaurant or taking jobs in factories. My dad is VP of a denim manufacturing company and a large percentage of his workers are straight from Mexico. The interesting thing about all of the migration that still takes place is that Americans like to blame these Mexicans for taking "their" jobs ,  but the fact is these exact americans don't want these jobs. Another fact is that some sort of migration even illegal is essential to the U.S. economy. The Wall Street Journal conducted a poll in 2006 from economists that said 96% of them believed that illegal immigration was beneficial to the U.S. economy.