Operation Wetback called for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States from 1942 to 1964.

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Operation Wetback was a 1954 initiative of the U.S. government aimed at the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants from Mexico, not the importation of laborers. The importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the U.S. was facilitated by the Bracero Program, which operated from 1942 to 1964.

Operation Wetback Called for the Importation of Temporary Contract Laborers