George Takei points out that the rounding up of US citizens is something that has already happened here:

[tblue37]

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-06-20T20:10:47.048Z

[Norrrm]

1. It is happening now.

[MichMan]

2. Yep, by FDR

[Unwind Your Mind]

3. Yes and

It’s something good Americans are ashamed of, then and now

[yliza]

4. It happened to my middle school math teacher's family

I remember how I felt when I found out - outraged, but also scared. That this could have happened to someone I knew and admired was frightening. He was one of my favorite teachers. ETA: I was about 13 at the time.