The Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) will hold its 47th annual Day of Remembrance at ...
The lives of Japanese-Americans were turned upside down after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. On Feb. 19, 1942, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order ...
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
President Donald Trump’s threatened deportation of up to 20 million immigrants brings back tough memories for Japanese ...
Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86 ...
In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...
Korematsu lost his battle against Order 9066 ... Japanese Americans during World War II. Fred Korematsu was arrested in 1942 and convicted of violating President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ...
The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon/Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The law from the 1940s was referenced in Trump's executive order, titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion" and signed on ...