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may 1, 1954 - Operation Wetback (1954)

Description:

- Deported over 1 million Mexican workers who had immigrated from the Bracero Program
- Occurred when servicemen returned from WWII
- Immigrants were seen as a surplus
- Sent back to Mexico, despite many having already established homes, families, and legal status in U.S.

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Date:

may 1, 1954
Now
~ 71 years ago