Congressman Whose Family Was Held in WWII Japanese Detention Sees a Repeat in Today’s Raids

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif. — whose family was incarcerated in World War II-era Japanese American internment camps — says he sees a disturbing echo of that history in today’s immigration raids. Returning to his Southern California district, Takano found ICE patrols sweeping through communities, with constituents telling him they had begun carrying passports and documents out of fear of being detained. He warns the country risks repeating the civil-rights failures that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.