may 12, 1954 - Operation wetback (May 1954)

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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 measure

roundup of illegal imm, reference to migrants' route across Rio Grande; 1 mill Mex taken, returned to Mex (1954);

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