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This congressman’s family was swept up in WWII Japanese detention. He sees a repeat in today’s raids
Takano says his family’s wartime incarceration shows how fear can drive mass detention and deportation policies, with Congress considering new redress talks.
- Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., is drawing parallels between the current President Donald Trump-era immigration crackdown and his own family's forced relocation during World War II, citing similarities in how both groups were labeled as national security threats.
- His father, William, was 2 years old when sent to Tule Lake in 1942, and his mother, Nancy Tsugiye Sakamoto, was relocated to Heart Mountain after the U.S. forcibly relocated 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry.
- Takano references the Trump-era detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida, questioning whether future generations will ask, "How could our government do this?" when examining today's anti-immigrant sweeps.
- Talks are underway among some in Congress for redress for those impacted by current immigration enforcement, modeled after the 1988 Civil Liberties Act, which provided $20,000 to each person detained.
- "Remarkably the country did come to realize the mistake," Takano said, expressing belief that the nation can emerge stronger despite mounting pressure to deport 1 million people annually.
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This congressman's family was swept up in WWII Japanese detention. He sees a repeat in today's raids
Mark Takano can't help but see the parallels in U.S. history. The Democratic congressman's American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children with their families during the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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