A new law signed by President Biden will help memorialize the history of the U.S. government's incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
The first group of 82 Japanese-Americans arrive at the Manzanar internment camp in Owens Valley, Calif., on March 21, 1942.ByA new law signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday will help memorialize the history of the U.S. government's incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
“The internment of Japanese American citizens remains one of the darkest and most shameful periods in our history,” Schatz said in a statement about the law. “The stories of so many who unjustly lost their freedom, lost property, and were forcibly uprooted from their homes should be a constant reminder of our duty to uphold the rights of every American.”
The act will not only renew funding for the 2006 Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, but also designate $10 million for grants to understand the “use and abuse of power,” and promote awareness around this dark period in American history.
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