The first American immigration agreement with another country was signed in 1907 – the so-called Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan, while the US and Mexico negotiated and administered the Bracero Program for more than twenty years, from 1942 thru 1964. And, of course, the US has had a standing immigration agreement since 1965 with a country most Americans would not imagine: Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
美国与外国签订的第一个移民协议是在1907年，也就是与日本签订的所谓君子协定。从1942年到1964年，美国和墨西哥在二十多年的时间里谈判并执行了短工项目。当然，美国自1965年以来与一个大多数美国人难以想像的国家即卡斯特罗统治下的古巴一直保持一项移民协议。