The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924 limited European and Asian migration into the United States, opening the door to widespread Latin American migration into the country. The Mexican Farm Worker’s Act of 1942 permitted millions of Mexican laborers to work in the United States on shortterm “bracero” labor contracts. Though these bracero laborers were intended to only remain within the U.S. for a few months, many stayed. Large Mexican communities arose across the American Southwest and in major industrial and service cities such as Chicago and New York. However, the east side of Los Angles was unquestionably the largest concentration of migrant Mexican families in the country.