▁of ▁the ▁mass ▁deport ations , ▁many ▁companies ▁owned ▁by ▁German ▁dep orte es ▁in ▁Latin ▁America ▁were ▁conf isc ated ▁and ▁ex prop ri ated , ▁despite ▁US ▁intelligence ▁recogn izing ▁that ▁the ▁resulting ▁se iz ures ▁would ▁cause ▁grave ▁economic ▁harm . ▁Additionally , ▁upon ▁learning ▁about ▁the ▁mass ▁deport ations ▁of ▁Germ ans ▁from ▁Latin ▁America , ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime ▁ret ali ated ▁on ▁the ▁nations ▁co oper ating ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁sc our ing ▁German ▁occupied ▁territory ▁for ▁their ▁citizens ▁and ▁for ci b ly ▁intern ing ▁them . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁dep orte es , ▁their ▁fate ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁had ▁varied ▁greatly . ▁Many ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁Germany ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁but ▁for ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁stayed ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁some ▁( dep ending ▁the ▁country ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁deport ed ▁from ) ▁were ▁given ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁return ▁back ▁to ▁Latin ▁America . ▁However , ▁their ▁return ▁wasn ’ t ▁necessarily ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁their ▁or de al , ▁with ▁many ▁returning ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁their ▁property ▁and ▁belong ings ▁had ▁been ▁conf isc ated . ▁Additionally , ▁these ▁returning ▁Germ ans ▁found ▁themselves ▁marked ▁and ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁soci eties ▁that ▁the ▁once ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁home , ▁as ▁anti - imm igr ant ▁and ▁German ▁sentiment ▁do gg ed ▁many ▁Latin ▁American ▁countries ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁deport ations . ▁ ▁US ▁Cong r essional ▁investigation ▁and ▁re par ations ▁▁ ▁In ▁