S.381 - Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act Sponsor: Daniel Inouye / 110th Congress

S.381 - Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act _{Sponsor: Daniel Inouye / 110th Congress}

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Investigating Japanese Latin American Internment During WWII

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110th Congress - A bill to establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. hidemore...

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Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act

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A bill to establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.

This bill was referred to these committees:

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Showing contributions: Jan 2001-Oct 2008 Senate / Jan 2003-Oct 2008 House

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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			Human Rights
Lieberman (Chairman)	I	(CT)		(details…)
Collins (Ranking Member)	R	(ME)		(details…)
Akaka	D	(HI)		(details…)
Carper	D	(DE)		(details…)
Coburn	R	(OK)		(details…)
Coleman	R	(MN)		(details…)
Domenici	R	(NM)		(details…)
Landrieu	D	(LA)	$300	(details…)
Levin	D	(MI)		(details…)
McCaskill	D	(MO)	$500	(details…)
Obama	D	(IL)	$81,361	(details…)
Pryor	D	(AR)	$700	(details…)
Stevens	R	(AK)		(details…)
Sununu	R	(NH)		(details…)
Tester	D	(MT)	$750	(details…)
Voinovich	R	(OH)		(details…)
Warner	R	(VA)		(details…)

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Investigating Japanese Latin American Internment During WWII by Tiffany Hsieh, Mar 28, 2008 (8:00am)

This bill creates a commission to investigate the treatment of Japanese Latin Americans during WWII and determine possible reparations. During WWII the US forcibly removed Latin Americans of Japanese descent from their homes into internment camps in order to be used in prisoner exchanges between the US and Japan. This little known story deserves to be told to a much larger audience for its blatant human rights violations.

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