Operation Wetback
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos, Immigration, Immigrants
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Latin American History, Latino History
- Geographical Location: California, Texas, Arizona
- Date: June 10-July 15, 1954
Article abstract: Deportation of thousands of Mexican citizens has little long-range impact on the number of illegal immigrants living in the United States.
Summary of Event
A fact of life for the nation of Mexico is the existence of a highly prosperous colossus to the north, the United States. While there has long been a tendency for Mexican workers to seek to enter the more-prosperous United States to work, the government of Mexico took a number of steps in the 1940’s and 1950’s to provide good jobs to keep workers at home. These steps included the...
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