internee

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Taken to a Japanese internment camp at Sumatra, she and fellow internee Norah Chambers set up a vocal orchestra.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

Who was the Japanese American internee who fought the constitutionality of internment during the war and had his conviction overturned thirty years later?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

After the war, and a long period of lobbying, Congress passed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, signed by President Ronald Reagan, which granted each surviving internee $20,000 in reparations.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Each internee received $25 and a train ticket to wherever they wanted to go.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

It reads the ultraviolet barcode on the inside of everyone’s wrist and marks each internee as present, flashing our camp mug shots for a moment on the scanner’s screen.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed