Example sentences for: wetback

How can you use “wetback” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Wetback

  • Like the term wetback, this is an expression many Chicanos can identify with since many have family members who have entered the United States through nonlegal means.

  • In Mexico, the term sometimes used is espaldas mojadas, a literal translation for the word wetback.

  • Until only recently bracero was applied to any Mexican farmworker, and is often used interchangeably with words like “wetback” or “greaser.”

  • border, the term is interchangeable with mojado (wetback), which refers to a person who enters the United States illegally by crossing the Rio Grande in Texas.


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