Operation Wetback 1954, was last serious attempt to control illegal immigration.
Reagan's amnesty was the biggest slap in the face to all those who immigrated legally and for those competing for jobs with those illegals. It also set a precedent that made illegals think it would happen again if they just waited long enough. Being rewarded for their illegal behavior was one of the most loathsome things I've seen in this country. Reagan may have been a good President overall but he made some huge mistakes. That and screwing over the air traffic control Union are the two biggies I can remember.
Still; he did a lot of good too like the Berlin wall coming down and ending the cold war.
Operation Wetback 1954, was last serious attempt to control illegal immigration.
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Even ‘dream’ of using a name like that today and you will be in heap big pile of dung.
There is an ad for Subway today (for Italian Subs) with the Italian ‘stoop’ family, lot of yelling and treating the son(?) for buying the sandwich like he had just cured cancer.
Even has the mother (leaning out window) and calling to her husband(??) to see what ‘good’ the kid had done.
I personally have no problem with the ad, nor the dumb depictions of Irish on and around 17 Mar BUT I just wonder what the reaction would be if the ‘stoop family’ were Black and Popeyes Chicken were the product.
ALSO
Washington Nationals have ended up with Adam Eaton and the announcers are pushing the name ‘Mighty Mouse’ on him, encouraging fans to wear mouse ears etc...
I only bring this up as I remember Howard Cosells career taking a BIG DIP, for referring to a Redskin end as ‘look at that monkey go’ — at the time the Redskins had 3 very fast and very small ends - called the ‘Smurfs’....Oh yes, the 3 were Black.....