[goat granny]

I had heard of Eisenhowers way of dealing with wet backs years ago....they were dropped in the middle of Mexico and the walk back to the border was something none of them wanted to do again....Eisenhower was head of the allied forces during the war and was not a pussy politician.

[greeneyes]

I am old enough to remember seeing I like Ike posters and posters of both Eisenhower and Nixon during a presidential election.

I wasn’t old enough to really follow politics and we didn’t have a TV then. The first election returns that I watched on TV was Nixon/Kennedy in 1960.

[Rodamala]

First step is to give the proposed operation an "offensive" name.

I propose Operation Donkey Punch.

[TalBlack]

“....Eisenhower was head of the allied forces during the war and was not a pussy politician. “

And he appointed a guy who thought getting into a plane in the dark of night with a parachute and a gun and jumping out deep in enemy territory to fight it out with them was a ‘Plan’.

Deporting any number of people would have seemed a game to such a guy.

[X-spurt]

More or less grew up within walking distance of the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas in the 50’s. Several uncles were Border Patrol “River Riders” who were well armed and spent a week at a time patrolling the river, alone. River Riders were a lot like the 1800’s Texas Rangers in Lonesome Dove. Don’t remember hearing much about them bringing in prisoners.

Even in a rural area close to the Rio Grande, rarely saw any illegals.

The deep insertion re-patriation process probably had a strong effect, plus illegal jobs dried up AND no welfare all helped cut the flood to a trickle.

I think one reason Ike was able to get by with Operation Wetback was due to USA’s fresh memories of Mexico being pretty damn friendly and sympathetic with the Nazis during WW2.

As soon as the damn dems got back in power all that rapidly changed, especially under Landslide Lyndon.