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John Shaft

(661 posts)
4. There is historical precedent for this:
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 03:06 PM
Aug 3

"Operation W-word" during the Eisenhower administration. There were many US citizens - Mexican Americans, people born in the United States - who got deported to Mexico.

https://immigrationhistory.org/item/operation-wetback/

They did during the Great Depression, too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation

Past is prologue.

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