Whatever, you must agree that it is essential to start deporting, directly and indirectly, the illegal aliens, whether Mexicans, the Taliban, or the Russian Mafia. We have enough criminals of our own - we don't need to import more of them and on top of it provide them with welfare, citizenship, translators, and other perks. Illegal aliens pose a security risk and commit horrific crimes.
No, not "whatever".
If we emulate the success of Operation Wetback today, it will take 137.5 years to deport the (alleged) 11 million illegal aliens in the country.
Misrepresenting facts and inflating numbers has become second nature to many these days.
Then on June 17, 1954, what was called "Operation Wetback" began. Because political resistance was lower in California and Arizona, the roundup of aliens began there. Some 750 agents swept northward through agricultural areas with a goal of 1,000 apprehensions a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught in the two states. Another 488,000, fearing arrest, had fled the country. By mid-July, the crackdown extended northward into Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, and eastward to Texas. By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily.
Now that's an editorial and all those numbers warrant a further look. But it's doubtful the lowest possible number, 70-80,000, ie the actual number taken into custody, is the honest number to use in discussing Ike's work.