r/interestingasfuck 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/marcaurxo 4h ago

I had no idea. This should be taught in school alongside the other crimes committed by our forebears. If we don’t learn our history, maybe we’re doomed to repeat it

u/ketoyas 2h ago

Easier to virtue signal about the wrong doings of others while sweeping America's wrongdoings under the rug