I just heard recently from someone that Without Papers is an ethnic slur against Italians used against them back in the day when they were undocumented immigrants to the USA. I finally made that connection to why the racist slang for Italians is WOPs.
He was surprised they would open up a restaurant with that name. To him (as an Italian) it would be akin to opening up Mexican food truck call Spic Tacos or a Chinese restaurant called Slant-Eyed Palace.
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