How to Deal with Immigrants
Illegal immigration of “wetbacks” from Mexico isn’t a new problem at all. It’s been an on-going issue along the US-Mexico border for at least 75 to 100 years. Here’s a 1953 special broadcast report that takes a look at immigration into southern California and what the US was doing back then to turn the tides.
In the 1950’s the problem was acute, and it was mostly coming from Mexico. These days we consider the word Wetback as a term of derision and insult. In the 1950’s it was a term used to describe anyone who entered the country illegally, most often by swimming across the Rio Grande – hence, getting a wet back in the process.
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