Should there have been a Bracero program, and what was it?

The bracero program was a program created in an effort to attract Mexicans to the United States during World War II for labor purposes only. The work was temporary, but came with rights for the Mexican citizens. The Bracero program was very beneficial to the Mexicans because it gave them employment opportunities with higher wages, "individual contracts written in Spanish, paid living expenses, and provided adequate shelter and transportation costs. Workers were to be protected from discriminatory acts and were not subject to the U.S. military draft. Wages were to be set at an annually determined "prevailing wage" based on the locality in which the laborer was to be employed. Most important, these contracts were between the Mexican and the U.S. governments, not the worker and the employer”. The last part of that ensured that workers received payment for the work they contributed. The work and travel to the US were legal for a temporary time only. The main controversy was that the Mexican citizens didn't go back to Mexico when their work time expired, staying illegally in the US. Should there have been a Bracero program? Maybe not, maybe yes. The program should have been created, but definitely different from the one that was used, especially because of its intended use solely for labor for WWII - even though it wasn't discontinued until the mid 1960s because of the benefits it gave the the US economy, and the Mexican citizens. This was really good and truly helped the people, however there was lots of controversy about it from Americans, who claimed their work or job opportunities were being limited because Mexicans were taking the jobs away from them. There were 5,000,000 Mexicans who took jobs from the Bracero program throughout its existence. That is 5,000,000 jobs less that Americans could have had. So, the answer is yes; it should have been created. It helped more Mexicans than it hurt Americans, plus it helped our economy. Americans shouldn't complain about them not having jobs, they should have done something to make themselves stand out more and appeal better to employers rather than complain.