Resigned GOPer: 'Operation Wetback' Wasn't 'Derogatory'

[RandySF]

The Arizona Republican who said that women on welfare should be sterilized is not a fan of undocumented immigrants either.

Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (R), who resigned as first vice chairman of the Arizona Republican Party on Sunday, discussed Operation Wetback and undocumented immigrants with a caller on his radio show in June.

The caller brought up Operation Wetback, a controversial plan carried out by the federal government in 1954 to deport undocumented immigrants back to Mexico. Border patrol officers also deported the children of immigrants who were born in the U.S.

The caller initially referred to the policy as "Operation W-Back," and eventually asked if he could say the word itself.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/russell-pearce-operation-wetback

[AverageJoe90]

1. Does the intent of the title really matter, Sen. Pearce?

Let's look at what the law did; many of the people who *were* deported were law abiding folks, even if they didn't have the proper papers. Tell me, did everyone fleeing Castro's Revolution in Cuba have papers, or could even afford to pay the immigration fees? I think you'll find that the answer is no, not everyone did. And yet, we took them in anyway.

[Anansi1171]

2. Promotes eugenics, austerity and xenophobia...

...since I cant call him a Nazi, what can I call him?

A Republican!

[Xipe Totec]

3. Fucking moran, there's no river between Arizona and Mexico

You can't get wet crossing the border into Arizona.

If you're going to use the term, know what it means, idiot.