• Trump unlawfully federalized the California National Guard

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 13 20:28:48 2025
    A Judge Smacked Down Trump's National Guard Takeover in the Most
    Sweeping Way Possible

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/king-trump-national-guard-illegal-los-angeles.html

    I'd have to review this topic below, but I don't think President
    Dwight D. Eisenhower used the military, like Trump is doing.

    On June 9, 1954, INS Commissioner General Joseph Swing announced the commencement of "Operation Wetback."91 The first phase of the
    operation began in California and Arizona.92 Its effectiveness
    depended on publicity as well as manpower. Extensive media coverage
    that often exaggerated the strength of the Border Patrol, as well as
    targeted displays of strength, gave the impression of a greater force.
    In many regions, this strategy convinced thousands who had entered the
    U.S. illegally to repatriate voluntarily. In Texas, for example, more
    than 63,000 individuals returned to Mexico of their own volition; U.S. officials detained an additional 42,000 persons in July 1954. An INS
    report later indicated that the agency apprehended nearly 1.1 million individuals.93 The INS operation won at least tacit support from
    several key groups; the Mexican government, labor groups, and even Mexican-American civil rights groups acknowledged the labor problem,
    but they withheld extensive criticism.94 While the raids disrupted the
    growing seasons in California and Arizona, the government pacified
    farm owners with promises of additional bracero labor.95 Though the
    program was touted as a success, its effects were short-lived; illegal
    entry exploded again after the United States terminated the Bracero
    Program in 1964.96

    https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/HAIC/Historical-Essays/Separate-Interests/Depression-War-Civil-Rights/

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Jun 13 21:06:06 2025
    On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:28:48 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    I'd have to review this topic below, but I don't think President
    Dwight D. Eisenhower used the military, like Trump is doing.

    AI Overview

    The Eisenhower administration's "Operation Wetback" in 1954, a mass
    deportation campaign of Mexican laborers,
    did not directly use U.S. military forces. While the National Guard
    was considered for involvement in a precursor operation in 1953, the
    idea was abandoned because using the military to enforce domestic laws
    is generally not authorized

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