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FORMER BRACERO WORKERS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO RECOUP WAGES
When young men in the US began enlisting in the armed forces during World War Two, people were needed to do the work the new soldiers had done.  Many of these replacement workers came from Mexico under the bracero program.  One of the elements of that program, which ended in the 1960s after it was found to be plagued with massive abuses, was that ten percent of the wages would be transferred to banks in Mexico and would be available to the workers after they retire.

Many of the surviving workers say that they have never received any of this money, and seeking to recover some of their wages, they have filed a class action lawsuit, naming the US and Mexican governments, Wells Fargo Bank, and three Mexican banks.  They are seeking  million in lost wages, plus interest and damages that could bring the total to more than 0 million. 

Attorneys representing the workers are comparing the braceros’ suit to the lawsuit by Holocaust victims seeking reparations from the German government.  They say the case for the braceros is even stronger because they are seeking to recoup money that was actually part of their wages.

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