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To: JoSixChip

” Many internees lost irreplaceable personal property due to restrictions that prohibited them from taking more than they could carry into the camps. These losses were compounded by theft and destruction of items placed in governmental storage. Leading up to their incarceration, Nikkei were prohibited from leaving the Military Zones or traveling more than 5 miles (8.0 km) from home, forcing those who had to travel for work, like truck farmers and residents of rural towns, to quit their jobs. Many others were simply fired for their “Jap” heritage.

Alien land laws in the West Coast states barred the Issei from owning their pre-war homes and farms. Many had cultivated land for decades as tenant farmers, but they lost their rights to farm those lands when they were forced to leave. Other Issei (and Nisei who were renting or had not completed payments on their property) had found families willing to occupy their homes or tend their farms during their incarceration. However, those unable to strike a deal with caretakers had to sell their property, often in a matter of days and at great financial loss to predatory land speculators, who made huge profits.”


65 posted on 12/15/2015 12:34:51 PM PST by sushiman
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To: sushiman

I fail to see how this has anything to do with the msm trying to sully Trump because he wants to stop un-vetted muslims from entering America. Are you suggesting that because FDR (I think it was) put Japanese Americans into internment camps back in the 40s during a time of a World War, that somehow that translates to Trump and there for his supporters are nazi like?


68 posted on 12/15/2015 12:45:17 PM PST by JoSixChip
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