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It goes back the entire length of the 20th century, back in the 1920s. >> paul: was the irish or chinese? >> as far as the mexicans go, in the 1940s and 19 50s we had a program where they could come in and work and go back to mexico. the unions didn't like that and they killed the bracero system. we have not had that mechanism since. the immigration law gave them amnesty, started this fight back then and we have never resolved this. that is what the new immigration bill is trying to do. >> paul: if you look at the evidence on dan's point in the mid-50s's. it allowed guest workers to come and w...

Years, this issue goes back the entire life of the 20th century. and maybe even the 19th -- >> mexicans were coming to the united states to do this kind of work back in the 1920s. we've had struggled with this. it's basically -- >> the chinese -- the scotch/irish, it's always been an issue. >> as far as the mexicans go, in the 1940s and 1950s, we did create the program which created a legal process or system where they would come in, work, and then they would go back to mexico. the unions didn't like that, and they killed the brassero system. we've never had that mechanism since. the 1986 immi...