One suggestion is for Cubans to replace braceros. as outlined in the following article from the Oakland Tribune: California faces a massive increase in welfare costs if the bracero farm labor program is abandoned. In sounding this warning Wednesday. Manuel R. Castro urged fellow members of the Alameda County Welfare Commission to give serious attention to prospective farm labor law legislation. The bracero program. under which Mexican nationals enter California under special work permits to harvest crops. is due to expire December 31. Castro said he has heard reports that there are groups who want to bring In 200.000 or 300.000 Cubans from Florida and Miami to harvest our crops for 3 months a year if the bracero program ends on schedule.
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