User:Imsotired2025/Operation Wetback

These edits were formulated by using heavily researched texts. Whilst choosing these texts, I was careful to make sure they did not contain any informal writings and they were all appropriate for the Wikipedia page. I hope to provide more insight on the Mexican Immigrant experience during Operation W.

Nearly 70% of people who were attempting to immigrate to America were denied because they were viewed as undesirable for a variety of reasons.

Food shortages were common in Mexico while most of the foodstuff produced was exported. Hunger and misgovernment, combined with population growth, prompted many Mexicans to attempt to enter the United States, legally or illegally, in search of wages and a better life. This growth was exponential, resulting in the population nearly tripling in a short time period of forty years.

"The labor problems grew so bad that crops would rot in Mexican fields because so many laborers had crossed into the U.S."

The labor problems caused crops to rot in Mexican fields because so many laborers had crossed into the U.S.

"While both countries were benefitting from this program in different ways, Eisenhower grew tired with the large influx of immigration and ended the program with Mexico."

While both countries were benefitting from this program in different ways, the large influx of immigration caused Eisenhower to end the program with Mexico.

Because of these factors, operation Wetback lost funding.

"A total of 25% of these Mexicans were deported on crammed boats that have been compared to slave ships."