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California senators welcome Japanese American survivors, recall WWII internment and Manzanar
Summary
Senators introduced and welcomed 14 Japanese American guests who survived wartime internment, and several senators offered remarks recalling Executive Order 9066, the wartime camps and the later federal reparations effort.
On Feb. 20 the California State Senate recognized 14 guests who survived wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans and used the floor to recount the history and consequences of the internment program initiated after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
Majority Leader Senator Cabaldon introduced the guests and described the historical context of exclusionary immigration laws, land ownership…
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