Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Trump
Feb 03, 2025•26 min
Episode description
President Donald Trump has vowed to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as part of his plans for mass deportations. During World War II, this law was one of several legal tools the government used to imprison nearly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry. Now, Japanese Americans in the Bay Area are drawing on their stories of trauma and survival to resist the Trump administration's immigration plans.
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Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats
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