may 12, 1954 - Operation wetback (May 1954)
Description:
Eisenhower admin tackles issue of illegal imm; responded to domestic pressure & Mex gov'ts worries that border crossing undercut Bracero program of legally imported farmworkers; resulted in this measureroundup of illegal imm, reference to migrants' route across Rio Grande; 1 mill Mex taken, returned to Mex (1954);
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Date:
may 12, 1954
Now
~ 71 years ago