These were old men and women who worked in the fields of California. and would have been U.S. citizens except for the fact that our racially discriminatory laws denied them that honor. These were not unscrupulous agents of a foreign power. these were business people who had worked to build up small businesses and to be full members of their communities. These were not recent immigrants of uncertain loyalty. Most of those interned were born in this country and were proud citizens from birth. It is impossible to debate appropriate remedies for something as indefensible as the internment without first understanding the total tragedy of our Governments policies. the complete horror. shame. and injustice that the internment caused.
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