The 1950’s “Operation Wetback” was the largest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in U. S. history. As many as 1.5 million people were swept up and deported in the Eisenhower Administration campaign. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) repatriated primarily Mexican immigrants (some of them American citizens) from the U.S. Ironically, millions of Mexicans hadContinue reading “Operation Wetback – the 1950’s U.S. Mass Deportation program”
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“No Irish Need Apply” – an Irish Immigrants Welcome
PREFER TO LISTEN TO AN AUDIO PODCAST? Click Here Given this century’sMiddle Eastern wars and refugee crises, it’s not hard to fathom the intense bigotry experienced by Irish immigrants of the mid 1800’s. The great Irish Potato Famine lasted from 1845 to 1855 and brought massive numbers of starving Irish refugees to America’s eastern shores. Ireland’s strictContinue reading ““No Irish Need Apply” – an Irish Immigrants Welcome”