The compensation was important not only because of the financial suffering it alleviated. but because it served to provide the opportunity for all Americans to recognize the loyalty of the Japanese population during a time when their loyalty was tested almost beyond endurance by the treatment they had received. Throughout the years. Mike Masaoka earned his reputation as a civil rights advocate and a proponent of liberalized immigration laws as the Washington representative of the JapaneseAmerican Citizens League [JACL]. During that time. beth Mike and the JACL have become identified with causes that went beyond the immediate interests of the JapaneseAmerican community. The JACL recognized that as long as any minority within our Nation is treated unjustly the possibility of renewed unfairness to all racial and ethnic groups remains.
Keywords matched
immigration