Operation Wetback

Operation Wetback was a 1954 operation by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to remove illegal immigrants, mostly Mexican nationals from the southwestern United States.

Read more about Operation Wetback:  History, Operation Wetback in Action, Civil Rights Violations

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