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Tensions on the home front during WWII increased the discrimination faced by Mexican Americans and Americans working in the Unites States. They were exploited as farm workers, suffered high unemployment rates, and met hostility from longtime residents.

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To help the need for labor rose rapidly the United States and Mexico created the bracero program in 1942. Under this program, Mexicans were permitted to come and work in the U.S. under short term contracts.

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The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of attacks in June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, by white American servicemen stationed in Southern California against Mexican American youths and other minorities who were residents of the city.
Zot Suiters were facing racial segregation and severe discrimination in employment and the criminal justice system.

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Their barrios, or neighborhoods tended to develop in poor rundown parts of cities, where crime rates were often high.

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Mexican Americans leave the fields for war work. 

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Mexican Americans leave the fields for war work. 

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about half million Mexican Americans served in the armed forces during World War 2. Many received medals for bravery in combat. Service in the armed forces gave them a better chances to gain U.U. citizenship.