23 September 2005

Deportation Does Work!

[Joe Guzzardi] @ 2:59 pm [Email author] [Email this article]  [Print this article] [Print this article]

A reader made an interesting point about my column last week titled “Hispanic Vista’s View of America, and Ours.”

He wrote that although I am correct that US efforts to curtail illegal immigration through ill-conceived amnesty and guest worker programs have consistently failed, I should have mentioned that earlier deportation programs were completely successful.

According to reader M.M.,

“Operation Wetback, in the mid-1950’s, put a damper on illegal immigration that lasted over 20 years.”