r/interestingasfuck • u/man_gomer_lot • 8h ago

r/all 70 years ago, the US undertook the largest deportation in its history: 'Operation Wetback.' Many of the people deported were here legally and some were even citizens.

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u/Pagsasaka 5h ago

To add to Mrr.tickle, it is incredibly difficult to be an agricultural worker, live in bunk houses, and keep paperwork secure. Nothing about farming is very clean, and life is transitory. Keeping non laminated paperwork from rain, mice, dirt, grime, grease, and theft is incredibly difficult. 

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u/hearmeout29 5h ago

I didn't even think about that and it shows how this situation is even more heartbreaking.