President Biden Issues Statement on Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II
February 19, 2022
February 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Feb. 18, 2022, on the day of remembrance of Japanese American incarcerations during World War II:
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Eighty years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, stripping people of Japanese descent of their civil rights. That order and the subsequent actions carried out by the Federal Government represent one of the most shameful chapters in our Nation� . . .
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Eighty years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, stripping people of Japanese descent of their civil rights. That order and the subsequent actions carried out by the Federal Government represent one of the most shameful chapters in our Nation� . . .