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          Bill No:  ACR 21
          Author:   Yamada (D), et al
          Amended:  2/23/09 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 2/23/09


           SUBJECT  :    Day of Remembrance

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution declares February 19, 2009, as a  
          Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of  
          the events surrounding the internment of Americans of  
          Japanese ancestry during World War II.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          This resolution states the following:

          1.On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt  
            signed Executive Order 9066, under which more than  
            120,000 Americans and resident aliens of Japanese  
            ancestry were incarcerated in 10 internment camps  
            scattered throughout western states during World War II.

          2.Although many of their family members were incarcerated,  
            thousands of Americans with Japanese ancestry volunteered  
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            for military service and earned high honors and medals  
            for their bravery.


          3.On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Wilson Reagan signed  
            the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which found that  
            Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military  
            necessity but rather caused by prejudice and war  
            hysteria; and that Civil Liberties Act of 1988 also  
            apologized and provided restitution to those individuals  
            of Japanese ancestry who were interned.

          FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

          JJA:cm  3/25/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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