>>508673952 (OP)Capitalism is a tool. Yes, it is heavily responsible for needing more and more workers. The US full embrace was seen in allowing Africans and Women into the workforce. And is further seen in the H-1B.
>>508675202That's cope though.
In 1954, the INS launched “Operation Wetback,” which organized
a mass round-up of suspected undocumented immigrants. In all, the INS
apprehended over 1 million undocumented immigrants (Calavita, 1992).
But even recession and McCarthyism couldn’t end the growers’ addiction
to cheap Mexican labor (Durand & Massey, 2006). During “Operation
Wetback,” Congress more than doubled the number of bracero visas (Durand
& Massey, 2006, p. 37). In addition, in 1952 Congress established the H-2
visa program.