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iiclr-17583	Congdon, Renee Suarez	Comparing Employer Sanctions Provisions and Employment Eligibility Verification Procedures in the United States and the United Kingdom	2008	46	.pdf	application/pdf	21499	1315	54	26 The United States government officially indicated its approval of U.S. employers using Mexican labor in 1942 by entering into the Bracero Treaty with Mexico, which established a new guest worker program through which Mexican laborers (braceros) would enter into temporary employment contracts with U.S. agricultural employers.27 Despite this legal means of migration, evidence indicates a substantial increase in illegal migration occurred during this time.28 Several factors examined in the aggregate appear to have encouraged employers to hire illegal Mexican migrants. ° Second, illegal migration was attractive to Mexicans because the economy of Mexico could not support its population, American jobs paid better than Mexican jobs, and more Mexicans wanted to migrate than there were slots available in the Bracero Program. 31 Third, even though the U.S. government was aware of the increasing numbers of illegal migrants crossing the border, Congress reduced funding for the Border Patrol, thereby decreasing efforts to prevent illegal migrants from entering the country.32 Finally, the U.S. government had no employer sanctions provisions to discourage U.S. employers from hiring undocumented workers.33 When the countries initially passed the treaty, and up until the expiration of the wartime provision in 1947, the U.S. government participated in the program in a supervisory role and as an aid to U.S. employers in their recruitment efforts.	cache/iiclr-17583.pdf	txt/iiclr-17583.txt