I am very pleased to join my colleagues. Congressman MINETA and Congressman MATSuI. in paying tribute to Mike Masaru Masaoka who recently nassed away. Mr. Masaokas contributions to the JapaneseAmerican community. and to American society at large. are truly legendary. As the first national secretary of the JapaneseAmerican Citizens League (JACL). Masaoka lobbied and succeeded In gaining repeal of the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924. which prevented Japanese immigrants from owning land or becoming American citizens. He also succeeded In having the Immigration and Naturalization Act amended to give Japanese immigrants the same rights as European Immigrants. During World War II. Mr.
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