OP-ED: Karen Korematsu in The Washington Post
My father resisted Japanese internment. Trump’s travel ban is just as unfair. We must not make the same mistake now that the United States did during World War II. By Karen Korematsu, Dec. 4, 2017 Read the op-ed here. At the beginning of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, now ...
UPDATE (Oct. 25) – Resolution to Recognize Fred T. Korematsu Day in the City of New York Moves Forward
UPDATE (Dec. 20): Today, the New York City Council passed Res. 792, naming January 30 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in perpetuity, starting January 30, 2018. On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, a hearing was held on a resolution to recognize Fred Korematsu’s birthday, January 30, as Fred T. Korematsu Day in the City of ...
Holly Yasui: Reflections on “No Muslim Ban Ever” Mobilization
Video of the rally linked here and below. By Holly Yasui I was invited by Deepa Iyer of The Center for Social Inclusion to speak at the “No Muslim Ban Ever” rally in Washington DC on October 18, the date it was scheduled to go into effect. It turns out that at the 11th ...
‘Stop Repeating History’ Article in Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Newsletter
The latest newsletter of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies will include an article by Don Tamaki connecting the dots between the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans 75 years ago and the President’s targeting today of immigrants and Muslims. This post is an expanded and updated version of the article. On January 27, 2017, ...
Supreme Court ends travel ban challenge (for now)
Yesterday, the Supreme Court sent one of the two travel ban cases (Trump v. IRAP) back to the 4th Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot because the relevant provisions of the ban in question expired on September 24. The Supreme Court’s action was not related to the merits of the case. The ...
Echoes of History: From the Incarceration of Japanese Americans to the Travel Ban
This article by Partner Dale Minami was original written for the October 2017 issue of Contra Costa Lawyer, the official publication of the Contra Costa County Bar Association. December 7, 1941. The United States is suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. A Day of Infamy. Within ...
#StopRepeatingHistory Campaign Joins #AAPIAction Week to Protest Attacks on Immigrants
Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations around the nation will take part in #AAPIAction, a Week of Action starting October 7, 2017, to protest the racist and nativist attacks on our communities. The #StopRepeatingHistory campaign joins more than 30 Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations in 15 cities organizing rallies, demonstrations, teach-ins, and other activities ...
Supreme Court Cancels Oct. 10 Hearing
The U.S. Supreme Court has canceled its October 10 hearing in the Muslim ban cases, asking both parties to resubmit short letter briefs to address whether the cases are or will be moot in light of the September 24 Presidential Proclamation — and because provisions in EO13780 affecting refugees expires on October 24. Our legal ...
