None of this is awesome, but then I saw this tidbit:

None of this is awesome, but then I saw this tidbit:

And Border Patrol head Harlon B. Carter—a convicted murderer who killed a Latino as a teenager in 1931 and who later headed the National Rifle Association (NRA) —was frustrated by the sheer numbers of Mexican immigrants, both legal and undocumented, in the United States. He convinced President Eisenhower to ramp up immigration enforcement efforts.

What?! Man, this is messed up history and yet totally consistent with what is going on now.

https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation
https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation

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