Operation Wetback: The Roots of Immigrant Deportations Today

In May 1954, the U.S. Border Patrol enacted “Operation Wetback,” a campaign to deport Mexican workers who were in the country illegally. The program succeeded in rounding up over 1 million people, most of them men. Regardless of one’s views on the matter, we would be wise to recognize that the current crisis has its historical origins decades earlier.
Written by Delia Fernández. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. A textual version of this video is available at origins.osu.edu/milestones/ma.... Video production by Katherine Weiss, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger.
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[@4NaturesStory]

Let bring this Operation back!! ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@michaelc1063]

😂

[@Bob-bm3pd]

Bring it back!

[@daleferguson1233]

Bring it Back😮

[@borood1188]

It worked! Sadly presidents that followed Ike didn’t maintain it.

[@michaelc1063]

Your food prices would skyrocket overnight. You would be begin for Biden back 😂

[@brucemaccallan4721]

Idiot libs said the same thing back then, and nothing happened. Oh wait, American wages went up and blue collar workers gained more negotiating power. Cya illegals