LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS
HISTORY
Legislative Efforts
toward U.S. Government Review and Evaluation of WW II Treatment of Civilians of German and Italian Ethnicity
To prevent possible future erosion of our civil liberties, the German American Internee Coalition believes the federal government must fully review and acknowledge its wartime civil liberties violations. The U.S. government has never comprehensively reviewed the German and Italian American experience, however through constituent vocalizations, some legislative efforts have been made toward these ends.
Clean Repeal of Alien Enemies Act?
In mid-October, the Brennan Center at New York University School of Law issued The Alien Enemies Act: Unjust, Unnecessary, and Unconsititutional, a report decrying the continued existence of the Alien Enemies Act and calling for its repeal. Katherine Ebright, who...
Wartime Treatment Study Act—HR 1425 and S 564
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources ContactTo prevent possible future erosion of our civil liberties, the German American Internee Coalition believes the federal government must fully review and acknowledge its wartime civil liberties...
Congressional Report—”Treatment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent, European Americans and Jewish Refugees during World War II”
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources Contact 19 March 2009 Hearing Report—"Treatment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent, European Americans and Jewish Refugees during World War II" by the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,...
HR 1425 Reported out of U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
The German American Internee Coalition is thrilled that on October 21, 2009, the Wartime Treatment Study Act made a huge step toward passage when it was reported favorably out of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. The bipartisan vote was 19-7,...
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Issues Day of Remembrance Letter
On February 4, 2009, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued its annual Day of Remembrance letter to Day of Remembrance participants. The concluding paragraph of the letter states: It has been over two decades since the enactment of the Civil...
National Day of Rememberance
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources ContactThe first federal legislation to pass which specifically mentioned the internment of German Americans and Latin Americans was introduced by Rep. Mike Honda as House Resolution 56. It passed in March...
Calls for Review of German Internment – H. R. 1357
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources ContactCalls for Review of German Internment - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. R. 1357 On July 31, 2008, the House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 1357 commemorating the 20th anniversary of...
Wartime Treatment Study Act of 2007
In May 2007, the Judiciary Committee of the Senate published a report on SB 621, an earlier version of the Wartime Treatment Study Act, recommending that it be passed. The Congressional Record of May 24, 2007 has Senator Feingold's comments on the bill starting at the...
Congressional Hearing Reviews the U.S. Wartime Treatment of German Americans and German Latin Americans
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources Contact On March 19, 2009, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, chaired by Representative Zoe Lofgren...