Civil Liberties Act

A solider with a rifle watches while men carrying suitcases line up next to a train.

The US imprisoned Japanese Peruvians in Texas, then said they entered ‘illegally’

Immigration

During World War II, the US forcibly relocated and detained thousands of Japanese Latin Americans, but left them without legal entry documents. Today, their fight for redress and recognition continues.

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