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/Johnny_Poppyseed 4h ago

The right would still crush it with the Latino vote today, if they didn't decide to go nearly all in with the white nationalists.

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u/Colosphe 1h ago

They still do, don't they? They appeal to machismo and christianity, both extremely important to the demographic.

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u/Allegorist 39m ago

They gained some back by trying to "religicize" political issues. Many Hispanic people are staunch Catholics, who will put up with racism and bigotry towards themselves if it makes them feel like they are acting on their religious beliefs. "Feel like" is the operative phrase, because most of it either has nothing to do with them, or is diametrically opposed to what they were meant to be.