Editing Madera County, California (section)

==== 20th century ====
During the 1930s, Madera County became a destination for significant numbers of refugees from the [[Dust Bowl#Human displacement|Dust Bowl]], primarily originating from Oklahoma and Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dust Bowl Refugees in Madera |url=https://maderamethod.com/dust-bowl-refugees-in-madera/ |website=Madera Method Living History |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maderan in Discussion on Migrants: State Chamber Told "Okies" Must Work Out Own Problems |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19400203.2.51&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-madera+county+migrants------- |work=Madera Tribune |volume=LXXV |number=78 |date=February 3, 1940 |access-date=}}</ref>

In the mid-20th century, the [[Bracero Program]], designed to recruit labor from [[Mexico]], played a crucial role in mitigating the agricultural labor shortages that arose during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. Advocated by the Madera County Chamber of Commerce, efforts were made to persuade the federal government to prolong the guest worker program beyond its original expiration in 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexican Labor Slated To Arrive In August |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19510302.2.17&srpos=4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22madera%22+Mexican+immigrants-------1 |publisher=Madera Tribune |volume=59 |number=283 |date=March 2, 1951 |access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Farm Labor Bill Wins Approval |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19631101.2.46&srpos=5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22madera%22+bracero-------1 |publisher=Madera Tribune |volume=72 |number=121 |date=November 1, 1963 |access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> Despite the program's conclusion, labor migration continued, and by the end of the century, Madera County had become increasingly dependent on a migrant workforce. As of the 1990s, this workforce was predominantly composed of [[Mixtec]]s from Oaxaca, Mexico, numbering an estimated 5,000 individuals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mydans |first=Seth |title=A New Wave of Immigrants On Farming's Lowest Rung |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/24/us/a-new-wave-of-immigrants-on-farming-s-lowest-rung.html |publisher=New York Times |date=August 24, 1995 |access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Mix-1995">{{cite journal | access-date=August 28, 2022 | year=1995 | title=Mixtec Farm Workers | department=Rural Migration News | journal=Migration Dialogue | publisher=Regents of the [[University of California, Davis]] | volume=1 | number=4 | url=https://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=71}}</ref>