Yes, "wetback" is indeed a slur. It is directed at unwelcome trespassing criminals who are breaking our law. It's generally offensive to wetbacks and uneducated young liberals.
My ex wife uses the term when she speaks of them and so do her relatives. It's humorous to think of them as racists since they are all 100% Mexican. FWIW, our grandaughter's last name is Lopez.
I have a black cat too.
FYI, the BP and deputy sheriffs apprehend Asians, South & Central Americans and lots of other nationalities coming across the line. They have even found knapsacks here which contain documents written in Abrabic. Doesn't that fact give you a warm fuzzy?
FWIW, they are all wetbacks to us. We have the same low regard for any criminal ignoring our law.
My home is approx 10 miles from the border. This used to be one of the last unspoiled areas in the state. Now, it is fast turning into a garbage dump courtesy of our neighbors to the south.
Our local Game & Fish officer told me that even the wildlife is being affected by the constant flow of traffic through here from the border 24 hours a day. Up until a few years ago, we never locked our doors here. Now, I have to lock my home and my vehicles and I carry a serious rifle whenever I'm out in the National Forest.
I have been burglarized three times, forced to evacuate my home once due to a wildfire which was proven to have been started by these "guest workers" picking up a little side cash by hauling drugs (one of my neighbors lost everything in this fire), and have been approached by groups of these "immigrants" intent upon taking my vehicle from me (or possibly worse) on three separate occasions. On each occasion, the fact that I was armed saved my butt. It made them reconsider.
Each time I was burglarized they left trash and clothing from Mexico so I'm not speculating about who did it.
On the flip side, I have given countless jugs of water to some of the ones I've run into while out in the hills. You can tell which ones are here for jobs and which ones are here for no good.
On several occasions, I have driven them to the port of entry in Naco or Nogales (at their request) and have given them money so they could get back home after they changed their minds about the whole thing. Either port of entry is over 40 miles away. I didn't mind helping them since they seemed sincere.
It's easy to sit behind a keyboard 2,000 miles away and point fingers at someone who doesn't meet your high standards of political correctness. I'm not offended by it though because I know that a lot of people simply don't know any better and also because I just plain don't care what people think.
Besides, I never pretended to be politically correct. In fact, I'm sick of this current politically correct nonsense. It's an escape from reality.
I'm also tired of picking up an item at the store and having to search all over the package for a language I can read. If you want to come to live in our country, learn the language like my people did.
In closing, I'd like to invite the gentleman from SC to come out here to help us with these border issues. We need more folks here who have all the answers.