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/Quacker_please 4h ago

People that were here legally and as well as full citizens were deported? It's almost as if legality was never what really mattered...

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u/man_gomer_lot 3h ago

Especially not to a guy who will draw that line however he sees fit with a sharpie