Claim: "Operation Wetback" deported 13 million Mexican nationals from the U.S. during the 1950s.
Example:[Collected via e-mail, May 2008]
What did Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower have in common?
Here is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around.
I
didn't know of this until it was pointed out to me.
Back during The Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover ordered the
deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to
American citizens that desperately needed work..
Harry Truman deported over two million Illegal's after WWII to create jobs
for returning veterans.
And then again in 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million
Mexican Nationals! The program was called 'Operation Wetback'. It was
done so WWII and Korean Veterans would have a better chance at jobs.
It took 2 Years, but they deported them!
Now ... if they could deport the illegal's back then - they could sure do it
today?
Origins: Research in progress.
Last updated: 9 June 2009
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