▁▁ ▁Although ▁conducted ▁ost ens ibly ▁to ▁cur b ▁A xis ▁sub ter f uge , ▁like ▁the ▁Intern ment ▁of ▁Japanese ▁Canad ians , ▁the ▁Intern ment ▁of ▁Japanese ▁Americans , ▁and ▁the ▁Intern ment ▁of ▁German ▁Americans , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁dep orte es ▁were ▁not ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime . ▁Pers ons ▁deport ed ▁even ▁included ▁Jewish ▁refuge es ▁who ▁had ▁fled ▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁declaration ▁of ▁war ▁against ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Of ▁the ▁ 4 , 6 5 6 ▁dep orte es ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁ 2 , 2 4 2 ▁were ▁ex changed ▁with ▁A xis ▁powers ▁for ▁citizens ▁of ▁Al lied ▁countries ▁arrested ▁and ▁intern ed ▁by ▁the ▁A xis ▁powers ▁and ▁ 2 , 4 1 4 ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁ ▁The ▁deport ation ▁of ▁Germ ans ▁was ▁preced ed ▁by ▁the ▁imm igration ▁of ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁German ▁imm igr ants ▁to ▁Latin ▁America ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries . ▁While ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁these ▁imm igr ants ▁integrated ▁into ▁Latin ▁American ▁soci eties , ▁some ▁still ▁held ▁German ▁citizens hip ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Germany ' s ▁declaration ▁of ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁Prior ▁to ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁both ▁the ▁German ▁and ▁U . S . ▁govern ments ▁were ▁act ively ▁compet ing ▁for ▁political