The Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II

From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to the Pearl Harbor attacks and the ensuing war, the incarceration of Japanese Americans is considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century. What have we learned from this?

Considered one the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century, what has changed for Japanese Americans and other immigrants today?

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