Still fresh in our minds are the wrongs committed during the last war against the Japanese of this country. when thousands of loyal men and women were uprooted and placed in concentration camps by administrative act. because it was believed the Japanese were disloyal to our country. a fact later disproved. While it is true that we must punish the guilty. we must nevertheless be ever vigilant to protect the rights of the innocent and unjustly accused. Moreover. it must be remembered that our present immigration laws give us protection that is needed against imminent danger by giving the power to the Attorney General for temporary detention of undesirable aliens. However. we do need legislation to guard against criminal and subversive aliens. Here again. the President is right .in pointing out that such protection should be afforded through the penalties provided by criminal law. thus giving recognition to the fact that under our system of laws the courts are the branch of our Government which determine whether or not a person should be deprived of his liberty.
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The Japanese were disloyal to our country.