Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
8-1997
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. Rodolfo Rocha
Second Advisor
Dr. Michael Faubion
Third Advisor
Dr. Penelope Adair
Abstract
In June 1954 the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service initiated an aggressive program to rid the country of Mexican undocumented workers. The campaign was a result of years of hostile media coverage and public outcry that depicted Mexicans as subversive villains infiltrating the country in order to rob "decent, hardworking Americans" of jobs. In an attempt to satisfy these critics, the federal government called for the immediate deportation of over one million Mexicans, the majority of whom had been actively recruited by American growers. The INS called this program Operation Wetback.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 1997 Sylvia Cavazos. All Rights Reserved.
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