• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The US has always had an anti-immigrant streak. Whoever the last group are they are unhappy with the next group. The Irish were not welcome, except by Tammany Hall, then the Italians were suspect. The Chinese have always been seen as suspicious and we all know what happened to the Japanese in WW2. Interestingly those of German descent haven’t been suspect, probably because they formed a large chunk of the US (PA, OH) and Eisenhower had German ancestry.

    I doubt any country has never had an issue with someone seen as outsiders.

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      2 months ago

      DOJ did denaturalize many members of the German American Bund due to their ties with the Nazi party.

      Source: You Are Not American by Amanda Frost, great book.