Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII
- Posted on June 29, 2025
- By NPR
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Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.