During the Interviews the Commission discovered efforts of the United States Government during World War II to relocate and intern approximately 2.300 Latin Americans of Japanese descent. These individuals were not only taken from their country to be interned in another country. but they were also exchanged for United States citizens held by axis nations. Additionally. the government classified Germanborn and Italianborn immigrants as enemy aliens and required them to carry identification. They restricted their property rights and travel rights during this time period and arrested. interned and detained thousands of European Americans. All of those who suffered from misguided government policies during World War II deserve to have their stories come to light.
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