The so-called "80 % labor law" stipulated that at least 80 % of the workers in a foreign-owned factory be Mexican citizens. This had an enormous impact on the Chinese who were accustomed to employing friends and family from their home town and villages.
所謂百分之八十工作法，則是外國業主雇用的員工，必須至少有百分之八十是墨國國民，這對一向喜歡雇用自己鄉親的華人來說，影響甚鉅。