• mhague@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Operation Wetback was more recent. It’s called wetback because our government had a sweepstakes to name it, we even had events like fairs to celebrate. People could come get some cotton candy, ride the rides, and see Mexicans in cages. Then they’d be loaded up by truck or even helicopter and deposited somewhere deep into Mexico.

      And of course it wasn’t just “illegal aliens.” In operation Wetback, they all can go.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback