Indeed. I've missed it. I don't see why *other* illegals will go home on their own based simply on their peers being forceably deported.
To me that looks like scoring an own goal.
Besides, your initial point in your opening editorial for this thread was to convince illegals to go home voluntarily, something that I have a difficult time reconciling with forced deportations.
On the other hand, that's what Bush's plan accomplishes.
Indeed. I've missed it. I don't see why *other* illegals will go home on their own based simply on their peers being forceably deported. To me that looks like scoring an own goal. Besides, your initial point in your opening editorial for this thread was to convince illegals to go home voluntarily, something that I have a difficult time reconciling with forced deportations.
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Operation Wetback, which was carried out in 1954, accomplished this very successfully. Once illegal aliens began to be rounded up by American authorities, large numbers of illegal aliens started to leave the U.S. voluntarily. In fact, of all the illegal aliens that were forced to return to Mexico in 1954, the majority of them went back voluntarily.