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Digital History>eXplorations>Japanese American Internment>Internment and the Law>Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Civil
Liberties Act of 1988, "Restitution for World War
II internment of Japanese-Americans and Aleuts," 50 App.
USCA s 1989, 50 App. USCA s 1989
The purposes
of this Act (sections 1989 to 1989d of this Appendix) are to -
(1) acknowledge
the fundamental injustice of the evacuation, relocation, and internment
of United States citizens and permanent resident aliens of Japanese
ancestry during World War II;
(2) apologize
on behalf of the people of the United States for the evacuation,
relocation, and internment of such citizens and permanent resident
aliens;
(3) provide
for a public education fund to finance efforts to inform the public
about the internment of such individuals so as to prevent the
recurrence of any similar event;
(4) make
restitution to those individuals of Japanese ancestry who were
interned;
(5) make
restitution to Aleut residents of the Pribilof Islands and the
Aleutian Islands west of Unimak Island, in settlement of United
States obligations in equity and at law, for -
(A) injustices suffered and unreasonable hardships endured while
those Aleut residents were under United States control during
World War II;
(B) personal property taken or destroyed by United States forces
during World War II;
(C) community property, including community church property,
taken or destroyed by United States forces during World War
II; and
(D) traditional village lands on Attu Island not rehabilitated
after World War II for Aleut occupation or other productive
use; (6) discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and
violations of civil liberties in the future; and
(7) make
more credible and sincere any declaration of concern by the United
States over violations of human rights committed by other nations.
Source: Pub.
L. 100-383, Sec. 1, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 903.
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