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'''Operation Wetback''' was a immigration enforcement effort originated to ensure jobs for [[American]] military personnel returning from service during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]].
'''Operation Wetback''' was an immigration enforcement effort originated to ensure jobs for [[American]] military personnel returning from service during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]].
"In 1954, [[President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed retired Gen. Joseph "Jumpin' Joe" Swing, a former [[West Point]] classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new [[INS]] commissioner."<ref name=wetback>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico] - John Dillin, ''Christian Science Monitor''</ref> And for the next 2 years, illegal aliens were caught and sent back to Mexico, freeing up jobs for American citizens.
"In 1954, [[President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed retired Gen. Joseph "Jumpin' Joe" Swing, a former [[West Point]] classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new [[INS]] commissioner."<ref name=wetback>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico] - John Dillin, ''Christian Science Monitor''</ref> And for the next 2 years, illegal aliens were caught and sent back to Mexico, freeing up jobs for American citizens.