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Operation "Wetback" begins.

Date: 1954

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Known as the largest mass deportation in U.S. history before the 21st century, the Eisenhower administration institutes military tactics to identify and remove Mexican immigrants from towns and cities across the United States. Many of those targeted and deported are documented immigrants and second-generation Mexican-Americans. Millions of people are deported to Mexico, and people who remain in the U.S. and are perceived as being Mexican are targeted by high levels of racial profiling.