Press Play with Madeleine Brand

America’s last mass deportation was a successful campaign of fear

Donald Trump cited the Eisenhower era’s Operation Wetback as a model for his deportation plans . President Eisenhower deported more than one million undocumented immigrants in 1954. The vast majority of the deportees lived in Texas and California.

By Madeleine Brand • Nov 17, 2016 • 1 min read

Donald Trump cited the Eisenhower era’s Operation Wetback as a model for his deportation plans. President Eisenhower deported more than one million undocumented immigrants in 1954. The vast majority of the deportees lived in Texas and California.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
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Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
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Professor at New York University

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

America’s last mass deportation was a successful campaign of fear

Donald Trump cited the Eisenhower era’s Operation Wetback as a model for his deportation plans . President Eisenhower deported more than one million undocumented immigrants in 1954. The vast majority of the deportees lived in Texas and California.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

America’s last mass deportation was a successful campaign of fear

Donald Trump cited the Eisenhower era’s Operation Wetback as a model for his deportation plans . President Eisenhower deported more than one million undocumented immigrants in 1954. The vast majority of the deportees lived in Texas and California.

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