@Moon > By 1949 Mexico had become desperate about its depleted labor pool, and declared a national emergency. Its own enforcement efforts were strengthened, and the Mexican military announced in July, 1949, that all illegal emigration had stopped.

lol good one Mexico

Looks like this was almost completely the fault of the Bracero program which caused the stampede of poor rural Mexicans to cross the border looking for work. We spread the rumors of riches and didn't plan for the consequences it seems. And we didn't even plan on following our own promises to pay them in full for going back to Mexico

> One of the stipulations of the original bracero agreement was that ten percent of
the bracero’s pay would be held in trust and returned to him on repatriation to Mexico. Many braceros who participated in the early years of the program never received payment from that fund and have been unsuccessful in subsequent years to obtain it through legal means. However, a 2008 class action settlement, pending final court approval in February, 2009, will provide a one-time reimbursement of thirty-eight thousand pesos to every bracero (or surviving spouse or child) who can prove he worked in the Bracero Program between January 1, 1942 and December 31, 1946.