This month in 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which began the process to forcibly remove and incarcerate over 120,000 Japanese Americans in the US. Today, some of the former incarcerates and their descendants speak out.
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Each February, Japanese American communities nationwide observe the Day of Remembrance, the anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans across the west coast during World War II.
Some survivors of this incarceration and their descendants fight mass incarceration today, due to their community’s experiences during that time. Today, we’ll hear from Tsuru for Solidarity an organization of Japanese American activists, and La Resistencia, a group advocating for immigrants detained today. Interviews are with Stan Shikuma, Co-chair of Tsuru for Solidarity’s children and family detention campaign and Maru Mora Villalpando, Founder of La Resistencia Northwest.
Last Updated February 15, 2024