#USGovernment
#AbductedPeruvians, #Columbians & #LatinAmericans w/Japanese ancestry at gunpoint & brought them 2 US #ConcentrationCamps.
After WW2, many fought deportation 2 #Japan & remained in US as #UndocumentedMigrants.
US sold them 4 #FarmWork & refused 2 include them in #CivilLibertiesAct.

Happy Birthday to John Tateishi — whose tireless work as JACL Redress Director helped make the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 possible.

#QuietAmericans #JohnTateishi #CivilLibertiesAct #JapaneseAmericanHistory #WWIIHistory #AAPIHistory #NeverForget #OnThisDay

The bill was the result of decades of advocacy, truth-telling, and unshakable persistence.
It didn’t erase the injustice, but it mattered.

Learn more at: quietamericans.com

#QuietAmericans #CivilLibertiesAct #JapaneseAmericanHistory #WWIIHistory #AAPIHistory #OnThisDay #CivilRights

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Years later, they even worked together to help pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

It may have been the least likely friendship.
Yet it was the most American friendship.

#MinetaSimpson #HeartMountain #JapaneseAmericanHistory #CivilLibertiesAct #QuietAmericans #AAPIHistory #HiddenHistory

#Trump attempting to use the #AlienEnemiesAct to bypass the deportation process. #CivilLibertiesAct Public Law 100-383 found use of the act was wrong. The nation apologized to Japanese-Americans targeted under the Act and paid millions.

Isn’t #Musk #DOGE supposed to prevent waste?

What we can learn from Executive Order 9066 #history #japaneseamerican #redress #saveyourreceipts #civillibertiesact