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Assembly adopts HR 82, designating Feb. 19, 2026, as a Day of Remembrance for Japanese American incarceration
Summary
The Assembly unanimously adopted House Resolution 82 recognizing Feb. 19, 2026, as a statewide day of remembrance for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans; survivors attended the floor and members tied the history to present concerns about civil liberties.
Assemblymember Muratsuchi presented House Resolution 82 on the floor Jan. 20, urging the Assembly to declare Feb. 19, 2026, a day of remembrance for the incarceration and detention of Japanese Americans under Executive Order 9066. Muratsuchi said the order authorized the mass incarceration of more than 125,000 people, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, and cited the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 that provided reparations to surviving…
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