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Ramon Romero Jr.: “The feds called it the wetback program.”

Featuring: Ramon Romero Jr., Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 90

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State Rep. Ramon Romero Jr. District 90 FORTitude FW Podcast Ft Worth

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

The back wet from crossing the river. Is that what the meaning is? Or is there something else from, like, the migrant farming deal? Yeah, the feds. The feds called it the wetback program. So a lot of folks don't know that. So if you look up the Butacero program, you look up, you know, kind of what those folks went through from coming … (03:12–03:15)

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Asserts that the federal government referred to the bracero program as the wetback program.

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