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Operation Wetback

In: Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West
Edited by: Gordon Morris Bakken & Alexandra Kindell
Subject:Migration

Operation Wetback refers to the U.S. government's effort to counter the dramatic increase in illegal immigration throughout the southwestern states during [Page 511]the 1940s. This program under the control of Joseph Swing, commissioner of the Immigration and ...

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  Bakken, G. M., & Kindell, A. (2006). Operation wetback. In Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American West (Vol. 1, pp. 511-512). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952439.n231
  
  Bakken, Gordon M., and Alexandra Kindell. "Operation Wetback." In Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West, edited by Bakken, Gordon Morris., and Alexandra Kindell, 511-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2006. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952439.n231.
  
  Bakken, G. M. and Kindell, A. 2006. Operation Wetback. In: Gordon M. Bakken and Alexandra Kindell Editors, 2006. Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 511-512 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952439.n231> [Accessed 11 Aug 2022].
  
  Bakken, Gordon M. and Alexandra Kindell. "Operation Wetback." Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2006, pp. 511-12. SAGE Knowledge. 11 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952439.n231.
  
  Bakken, Gordon M., and Alexandra Kindell (2006). Operation wetback In:Operation wetback Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American West Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2006:511-512. doi:10.4135/9781412952439.n231
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