‘Wrong in 1942. Wrong now.’ Local Japanese Americans tie WWII incarceration to Trump’s immigration crackdown

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 22, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 22, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/22/japanese-americans-incarceration-broadview/

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Born the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Toshiko “Tonko” Doi of Chicago was just a baby when she and her family were forced into Japanese incarceration camps by the United States government, spending the earliest years of her life in confinement. Her father was a Japanese immigrant. Her mot...