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1950s

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Public alarm over illegal aliens results in strengthening border controls and launching targeted deportation programs, most notably OPERATION WETBACK. Concern about criminal aliens prompts investigation and deportation of communists, subversives and organized crime figures.

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Last Modified: Jul 10, 2017