Exactly 100 years ago, the US Supreme Court's ruling in "U.S. v. Thind" led to every single Indian American having their citizenship forcibly removed.

But how did the mass denaturalization *actually* happen?

@prof_erikalee found the receipts and shared them here:

https://www.saada.org/tides/article/united-states-of-america-vs-vaishno-das-bagai

Here's what she found…

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