Trump’s “Eisenhower Model” for Deportation
The controversial ex-president and a nightmare scenario for mass deportation across the United States.
In a speech before the National Rifle Association on April 14th, former President Donald Trump expressed his vision for a mass deportation system during his second presidency.
Forty minutes into the 52-minute speech, Donald Trump stated (1):
Following the Eisenhower model, Dwight Eisenhower was tough on the subject; we could use all necessary state, local, and military resources to carry out the most extensive domestic deportation system in American history.
The comment was met with instant applause.
The so-called “Eisenhower model” Donald Trump refers to is the controversial — and controversially named — Operation Wetback of the 1950s.
According to History.com, Operation Wetback was a series of police raids conducted in 1954 to deport thousands of undocumented immigrants to Mexico.
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Estimated deportations range from 300,000 to over 1.3 million individuals, although these numbers are disputed.
From 1944–1954, United States Border Patrol authorities launched numerous drives to deport undocumented…
