“Wetbacks”
In: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
“Wetbacks”
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n587
Subject: Race & Ethnicity
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The term “wetbacks” refers to migrants who enter the United States unlawfully by crossing the Rio Grande or jumping off boats along the Pacific Coast. It is often used in a derisive way to criticize the illegal means by which migrants ...
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