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By Asian Week Staff
The struggle to redress the unjust government treatment of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II reached another landmark.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, announced he would introduce a Senate companion bill to H.R.619, the Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2001.
The bill has already been introduced to the House by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. It provides redress for Japanese Americans who have been denied compensation under the Civil Liberties Act (CLA) of 1988 for technical reasons.
The bill also grants redress equity for Japanese Latin Americans who were uprooted from their homes in Peru and 12 other Latin American countries, incarcerated with Japanese Americans during the war, and used as pawns in a hostage exchange program for United States civilian prisoners held by Japan.
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