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12897291, Since we're here, I just learned about "Operation Wetback" in the 50's
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Wed Sep-16-15 02:28 PM
We were talking about it at work. I didn't even realize that Mexicans actually swam across the Rio Grande...I felt like "wetback" was originally for Puerto Ricans or someone who literally came across the ocean. I only thought about how California/Diego were separated from Mexico by land.
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