Mexican workers in US during WWII can get back pay

(AP) - Mexican laborers in a World War II-era guest-worker program can soon apply for money that was withheld from their paychecks and sent to the Mexican government.
Chicago attorney Matthew Piers (PEERS) said Wednesday that a San Francisco judge approved the preliminary deal last week.
Thousands of workers known as braceros (brah-SEHR'-ohs) took agriculture and railroad jobs in the U.S. between 1942 and 1946 under agreements between both governments. Continued

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