1. how did the u. s. government increase mexican immigration? ~congress passed laws saying that all latinos fleeing dictators are welcome. ~the government passed a law that requires collective bargaining. ~the bracero program granted temporary guest worker status to more than 4 million mexicans. 2. what did native americans do to force people to pay attention to their needs? ~they formed groups such as aim to address civil rights issue. ~they took control of all federal prisons on native american land. ~they led a boycott of california grapes across the country.