The largest mass deportation in history, called “Operation Wetback,” dates back to the 1950s under the Eisenhower administration, an initiative about which Trump has often spoken highly.
Last year at a rally in Iowa, Trump said by “following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”
As many as 1.3 million people were deported in an effort to remove undocumented Hispanics from the United States, even though many had been invited to work in the fields through the Bracero Program.
One justification for the program was that some believed it would benefit the U.S. economy. But it was ultimately deemed a failure, as
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