Alfred Escobedo, her paternal grandfather, also participated in the Bracero Program. The Bracero Program brought in 117,000 Mexicans to work temporarily. Thereupon, bracero employment plummeted; going from 437,000 workers in 1959 to 186,000 in 1963. In 1942 the United States and Mexico instituted the Bracero program. The Bracero Program, a bi-national labor agreement between Mexico and the U.S., started in 1942. In 1942, the United States began the Bracero program. Their efforts contributed to Congress ending the Bracero Program in 1964. In 1941, the United States Government and the Mexican Government enacted the Bracero Program. The first factories appeared in the 1960s with the end of the Bracero program. The end of the Bracero Program would lead to greater illegal crossings. Texas chose to opt out of the Bracero program and hire farm-workers directly from Mexico. In 1983, Rigual died, and was replaced as main sports anchor by Rafael Bracero. Although the Bracero Program ended in 1964, the migration of Mexican workers did not. The Bracero Program was set up with orderly migration flows were regulated by both governments.