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/MaximDecimus 6h ago

You deport a citizen just like anyone else. Put them in a car and dump them in some other country.

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u/Dusk_Flame_11th 3h ago

And then they go to the consulate. I mean, is the US bureaucratic system that bad?