[dennisw]

In “Operation Wetback” Eisenhower defied Republican interests. Agricultural interests that liked having illegal alien Mexicans. None the less, Eisenhower drove them out of town and back over the Mexico border with a minimum of law enforcement personnel

Back then the Mexicans feared “the Anglo” as we were called. When they were told to scoot they complied

[dirtboy]

None the less, Eisenhower drove them out of town and back over the Mexico border with a minimum of law enforcement personnel

Eisenhower showed that problems can be solved at the federal level if you enforce existing laws and refuse to be corrupted by special interests who want the laws subverted.