Racism, immigration, and moving on: Q&A with Japanese internment camp survivor Homer Yasui
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For several years, there has been a growing movement of Japanese Americans speaking out against and organizing to end immigrant detention. This work has largely been led by Tsuru for Solidarity, which was co-founded by Satsuki Ina, a survivor of Japanese inteRacism, immigration, and moving on: Q&A with Japanese internment camp survivor Homer Yasui
For several years, there has been a growing movement of Japanese Americans speaking out against and organizing to end immigrant detention. This work has largely been led by Tsuru for Solidarity, which was co-founded by Satsuki Ina, a survivor of Japanese internment. The organization also includes survivors like Homer Yasui, who was born December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. During World War II, Yasui and his family were removed from their home by the U.S. government and forced into what Yasui and other survivors of Japanese internment refer to as a “concentration camp.” For Yasui’s family, this was California’s Tule Lake, one of the 10 camps built to imprison Japanese Americans forcibly removed from the West Coast states during World War II. Back in February, Prism reported on the efforts of Yasui and others who believed it was their duty as survivors to speak out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) targeting of immigrant communities. The reporting received an overwhelming response. Yasui’s dedication to justice moved many readers. Read more