Claim: In the early 1940s, Hispanic homesteaders in Los Alamos, New Mexico, were forced off their land by the U.S. government and offered little to no compensation to make way for the Manhattan Project, a weapons laboratory led by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Fact-check: Was Land Used for Manhattan Project Previously Inhabited by Hispanos Who Were Forced Out?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Nur Ibrahim
Date published: 2023-07-25T20:47:39