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"Operation Dryfront" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Operation Dryfront has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 28 § Operation Dryfront until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 18:19, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Consequences section to be expanded to include economic consequences

Surely there were either positive or negative economic consequences from this?

Can someone add details please 46.126.111.250 (talk) 08:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed! 2601:248:5181:5C70:A11A:932B:D3EF:9D3A (talk) 06:05, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

“Some who were naturalized who were once native”

There is a grammatical error in the introductory paragraph, which I tried to remedy. If removing “who” has created a factual error, then please come up with a sentence construction that’s both factually and grammatically correct. 24.154.117.73 (talk) 03:24, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When was the program ended?

The article doesn’t say how long Operation Wetback lasted—only that it failed and was defunded. 24.154.117.73 (talk) 03:26, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Incoherent, contradictory numbers and timeline.

The numbers and timeline variously given throughout the article are extremely incoherent and contradictory, none of it adds up or makes sense as written. It reads like multiple authors randomly inserted wildly different versions of the history at different points in the article.

This is obviously no good, someone is going to have to do heavy research to fix this. ReekRend (talk) 13:15, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and it’s POV using recent authors. Clearly the operation worked. The graph shows it. But then it say is was a failure with public outcry. I highly doubt that back I. The 1950s. The source is from 2018 lol ~2026-22542-76 (talk) 01:21, 24 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]