The main idea of the text is to summarize key historical events related to Mexican Americans and U.S.-Mexico relations, highlighting the territorial changes resulting from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the impact of the bracero program during World War II, the immigration of Mexican Americans to the U.S., and the historical context of Texas's transition from Mexican territory to a U.S. state.
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In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the U.S. gained all or part of the current states of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas.
The “bracero” program hired temporary laborers from Mexico, typically for agricultural jobs, to fulfill labor shortages in the U.S. that were a result of World War II.
Over the past 200 years, Mexican Americans have immigrated to the U.S. for many different reasons and have built rich communities that contribute to American life. kk
The state of Texas used to be a part of Mexico but it declared its independence in the mid-1830s and eventually joined the U.S., which caused tension with Mexico.
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