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09-17-2010, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed legislation which apologized for the internment on behalf of the U.S. government. The legislation stated that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership". Over $1.6 billion in reparations were later disbursed by the U.S. government to Japanese Americans who had either suffered internment or were heirs of those who had suffered internment.

Japanese American internment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks for that MMM. I thought they did
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