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Record 1 1992-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Population Movements
DEF

a Mexican who enters the U.S. illegally (as by wading or swimming the Rio Grande).

CONT

wetbacks willing to work for nothing if a rancher would conceal them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Mouvements de population
DEF

Dos mouillés : Immigrés clandestins mexicains qui franchissent à la nage les rivières formant frontière avec les États-Unis.

OBS

Littéralement : les "dos mouillés", du fait que les clandestins tentent parfois de franchir telle rivière à la nage, le Rio Grande en particulier, pour entrer aux États-Unis.

Spanish

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