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Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 83 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Operation Wetback. Yes, that's what they called it

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

The Dark Ages truly are still here

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Operation Wetback?

Well see ya later, Melania

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe that's his plan. He doesn't like the prenup and wants to marry that ghoul Loomer so he's doing this to get her deported and the marriage annulled. Then he'll use government money to put on a huge wedding and try to have a baby immediately. Everyone knows if you're president when you have a kid the government is on the hook for support. Unlimited money!!!

It's 12-D chess!!!1!

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I seriously doubt Diaper Don even knows the rules to regular chess.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Spoken like a person who doesn't even know how to get their kid unlimited money. You're just mad that you can't marry that perfect ball of plastic surgery and hatred.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aww c'mon man, Ann Coulter is still single. I've got a chance.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

God damn. It's not often something online can make me laugh so hard I nearly fall off my couch sober. My only regret is that I have but one upvote to give.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I checked and it seems the one during Great Depression where it was 60% American was a different operation. Operation Wetback was 1954 and it says "some US citizens were deported" but doesn't give numbers or percentages. For the Great Depression one it says

According to historian Francisco Balderrama, the U.S. deported over 1 million Mexican nationals, 60 percent of whom were U.S. citizens of Mexican descent, during the 1930s.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I must have mixed them up. Thanks

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

The program became a contentious issue in Mexico–United States relations, even though it originated from a request by the Mexican government to stop the illegal entry of Mexican laborers into the United States.

Huh

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

it also happened a lot before operation wetback.