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‘Able to happen again’: Local Japanese American historians warn of Trump’s use of 1798 wartime law

In seeking to deport Venezuelan immigrants, President Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act — the same law that was used to justify incarcerating Japanese Americans during World War II.

Flowers and origami figures flutter in the wind at the foot of a monument honoring the dead at the former Manzanar, California, incarceration camp where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly held during World War II. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Flowers and origami figures flutter in the wind at the foot of a monument honoring the dead at the former Manzanar, California, incarceration camp where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly held during World War II. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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By | kristen.taketa@sduniontribune.com | The San Diego Union-Tribune
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In seeking to deport Venezuelan immigrants, President Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act — the same law that was used to justify incarcerating Japanese Americans during World War II.

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