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Rep. Mark Takano , whose American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children with their families during the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II , could not help but see the parallels between that chapter of American history and this one.
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This congressman's family was swept up in WWII Japanese detention. He sees a repeat in today's raids - Netscape News Netscape Internet Service News News Home U.S. World Entertainment Money Politics Sports Science Health Odd News This congressman's family was swept up in WWII Japanese detention. He sees a repeat in today's raids By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressman returned home last Fourth of July to startling stories in Southern California as immigration patrols swept through communities and one constituent told him about starting to carry a passport as proof of the right to be in the country. Rep. Mark Takano , whose American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children with their families during the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II , could not help but see the parallels between that chapter of American history and this one. “I do feel like there's a similarity of circumstance of my own 2-year-old father and my 1-year-old mother being labeled as enemy aliens and they’re considered a danger to national security," he told The Associated Press in an interview. “They’re put into these incarceration camps,” he said. “Similar arguments have been made by this administration — that immigrants pose a grave danger to our country and it’s for the security of our country that we’re doing this.” Echoes of history in Trump's immigration sweeps President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history is at an inflection point. Americans are seeing what it looks like to round up , detain and deport thousands of people, particularly in the aftermath of the deaths this year of Renee Good and Alex Pretti , U.S. citizens protesting the actions in Minneapolis . The White House changed the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security as it reframes its approach. New Secretary Markwayne Mullin promised to keep the department off the front pages. But Trump is also under mounting pressure from conservative groups not to let up on the goal of deporting 1 million people a year. The president's Republican allies in Congress are fueling the immigration and deportation actions with billions of dollars in special funds. Takano, the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, has drawn from his own family history — and the country's eventual redress to Japanese Americans who were detained — to challenge Trump's approach. “We look back on that era of history as a shameful one, as a time when our political leaders failed the Constitution, failed the American people,” he said. One family's story among many A former high school history teacher before being elected to Congress in 2012, Takano grew up in Southern California and came to understand the family stories. His grandfather Isao Takano arrived in the U.S. from Hiroshima and
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