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internment

[in-turn-muhnt] / ɪnˈtɜrn mənt /




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The 1994 case about the internment of Japanese American citizens is still relevant today as the Supreme Court has failed to fully contend with its legacy.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

In California, language related to the internment of Japanese Americans at the Manzanar National Historic Site, as well as the history of Indigenous people in Death Valley and Muir Woods came under scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

Ms. Gage deals with it by visiting the remnants of a Japanese internment camp at Manzanar, Calif., and the research facility in Los Alamos, N.M., where U.S. government scientists built the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

An extract was handed to Mr Adams, in which it was written that a senior IRA member from Belfast had been released from internment to participate.

From BBC May 6, 2025

These were boys from the internment camps, enlistees headed for the European theater, and among them, Sergeant Maples recalled, was the defendant, Kabuo Miyamoto.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

People are more familiar with the incarceration of Japanese Americans, including U.S. citizens, but we still do remember the Alien Enemies Act internments as a shameful part of our history.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2025

"The section that will be used is occupied by the dead from a century ago and will not affect any recent internments," FWC said.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2024

Jay Tidmarsh, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, suggested the World War II internments as a possible comparable framework.

From Washington Times Nov. 10, 2021

This report was kept from the Supreme Court when it upheld the internments in 1944.

From Washington Post Sep. 8, 2021

The populace has not molested alien enemies, and their government has not indulged in wholesale internments of enemies’ subjects.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood




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