Civil Liberties Act of 1988

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President Reagan signs the bill in an official ceremony.
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President Reagan signs the bill in an official ceremony.

The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Pub.L. 100-383, title I, August 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 904, 50a U.S.C. ยง 1989b et seq.) is a United States federal law that granted reparations to Japanese-Americans who had been interned by the United States government during World War II. The act was sponsored by California's Democratic Congressman Norman Mineta, an internee as a child, and Wyoming's Republican Senator Alan K. Simpson, who first met Mineta while visiting an internment camp. The act was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.

The act granted each surviving internee about US$20,000 in compensation, with payments beginning in 1990. The legislation stated that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership."[1]

[edit] References and Notes

  1. ^ 100th Congress, S. 1009, reproduced at internmentarchives.com; accessed 19 Sept. 2006.


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