Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which gave the military the express consent of the President to violate the constitutional rights of thousands of American citizens.

The order allowed among other things the "segregation" of Japanese Americans from certain areas as well as the imprisonment of 120,000 US citizens and legal aliens of Japanese heritage living in the Unit

It was not until nearly 50 years after the fact that congress passed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. This act acknowledged the wrong done by the country and issued a formal apology as well as payment of $2000 to each surviving American of the internment camps. $2000 for four years! $2000 for a lost father! A lost son, daughter or mother! An apology and $2000, this is too little too late.

An apology and $2000 can not bring back a lost family member. It can not replace the lost income that member might have made. It can not erase the memories and nightmares of the camps. An apology and $2000 can do NOTHING. This should never have been allowed to take place in this country in the 20th century. The United States is eternally in debt to those people whose lives are eternally ruined. The best apology is to do everything in the power of the state to make sure nothing li

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