Mike moved to Washington after the war as the legislative representative of the Japanese American Citizens League. Working almost singlehandedly at times. but always with a boundless sense of justice. Mike persuaded Congress to compensate Americans of Japanese ancestry for the property losses that resulted from their internment during the Second World War. The Evacuation Claims Act of 1948 also paved the way for an even greater achievement 2 years later: the repeal of the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924. a racial discrimination law which had barred his parents and mine and thousands of others from becoming American citizens. But as I stand here. Mr.
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