Trump to bring back “operation wetback” if elected
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History repeats itself. We seem to be entering a phase of xenophobia not seen since the 1920s in the US.
Unless it's Kim Reynolds enforcing the laws of Iowa, or some guy who rapes women and ignores subpoenas to turn over stuff that doesn't belong to him.
I’m guessing if we ever went to war under Trump, Operation Human Shield would also be in play.
Funny how you don't want it to prevail against a former president who attempted a coup to stay in power.
Or against employers who hire cheap labor.
Just against brown people who want a better life.
I’m guessing if we ever went to war under Trump, Operation Human Shield would also be in play.
I believe in the movie it was actually "Operation: Get behind the darkies"
I agree with you, but a good place to start is not using terms that criminalize and stigmatize people who are only trying to escape death and starvation to build a better life for themselves and their families.
I'd explain to you the inside joke but I remembered you're an idiot and not worth worrying about it.
I agree with you. I’m not a fan of the incendiary rhetoric or racial tropes and slurs. I 100% believe the majority of people from that region can be characterized as you have described. I have a lot of compassion for people trying to escape the shitholes they are fleeing.
That was a PR disaster for the Eisenhower administration.
Operation Wetback was an immigration law enforcement initiative created by Joseph Swing, the Director of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The program was implemented in June 1954 by U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell.[1] The short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants—some of them American citizens—from the United States. Though millions of Mexicans had legally entered the country through joint immigration programs in the first half of the 20th century and some who were naturalized citizens who were once native, Operation Wetback was designed to send them to Mexico.[2]
The program became a contentious issue in Mexico–United States relations, even though it originated from a request by the Mexican government to stop the illegal entry of Mexican laborers into the United States. Legal entry of Mexican workers for employment was at the time controlled by the Bracero Program, established during World War II by an agreement between the U.S. and Mexican governments. Operation Wetback was primarily a response to pressure from a broad coalition of farmers and business interests concerned with the effects of Mexican immigrants living in the United States without legal permission.[3] Upon implementation, Operation Wetback gave rise to arrests and deportations by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Operation Wetback was an immigration law enforcement initiative created by Joseph Swing, the Director of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The program was implemented in June 1954 by U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell.[1] The short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants—some of them American citizens—from the United States. Though millions of Mexicans had legally entered the country through joint immigration programs in the first half of the 20th century and some who were naturalized citizens who were once native, Operation Wetback was designed to send them to Mexico.[2]
The program became a contentious issue in Mexico–United States relations, even though it originated from a request by the Mexican government to stop the illegal entry of Mexican laborers into the United States. Legal entry of Mexican workers for employment was at the time controlled by the Bracero Program, established during World War II by an agreement between the U.S. and Mexican governments. Operation Wetback was primarily a response to pressure from a broad coalition of farmers and business interests concerned with the effects of Mexican immigrants living in the United States without legal permission.[3] Upon implementation, Operation Wetback gave rise to arrests and deportations by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Is this back when everything about America was great?
As another poster mentioned; this would require them to admit they were wrong/duped.
People can be stubborn creatures.
The thing is, basically all of us want our parties to work together and solve this. We’re pretty united on doing something about the border. The people in charge just won’t do it. Or demand that laws on the books be followed to the letter.
Exactly!! They are humans even though people like Trump try to dehumanize them.
While certainly some issues are nuanced, I think by any measure, calling a Mexican a "greaser" is racist.
The ones coming from non Central American countries could have gone to any other country.
Can say the same for your ancestors.
I guess I choose to take it as a compliment that they want to come here.
And especially if they’re looking for someplace safe, there may not be a closer option.
I used to be a fruit picker until illegals immigrants took my job.
-Said no one, ever.
-Said no one, ever.
Different times, my ancestors were not coming from countries who support terrorist organizations. Apples to oranges, but you knew that. Also, how did immigration to this country effect the natives? Seems like it didn’t work out well
I guarantee you Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma are 5X worse. Kansas looked like paradise compared to those rural shithole states. Get out of the Tri-county once in a while...
Where do you think these poor, illegals are going to find housing? Southlawn???
Statements indicating that someone is racist are clearly expressions of opinion that cannot be proven as verifiably true or false.Greaser (derogatory) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Try again.
And to quote the general rationale for this position, from Judge Frank Easterbrook writing in Stevens v. Tillman (7th Cir. 1983):
The word ["racism"] has been watered down by overuse, becoming common coin in political discourse.
In daily life "racist" is hurled about so indiscriminately that it is no more than a verbal slap in the face;
Stephen Miller wanting to build government camps to detain brown people is the least surprising thing I learned today.
Chef : Haven’t u ever heard about the Emancipation Proclamation.
General: Sorry I don’t listen to hip hop.
You used a term that is historically recognized as being derogatory and offensive of Mexicans.
Saying this in defense of anything Trump-related, even if only implicitly in defense of anything Trump-related, is holy-shit level ironic.
That's about 95% of his posts, tbh. Northern has to be one, if not the OG of morons on the off topic board. He's been spouting his inane thoughts for years.
You don’t think times are different, nor that there are people from overseas with bad intentions trying to get through the southern border?
What is different about when your family came over?
How do you know that no one who came over when your family did had bad intentions?
Times are always different and your fear isn't even close to new, or prone to being reasonable. Ask George Takei, the children and grandchildren of civil rights leaders or those who grew up hearing stories of there parents accounts of the zoot suit riots. I bet they'd recognize the sentiment. Or maybe the ghost of Odysseus could regale you with a tale of wooden horses?
