The movement's first success was in 1976, when President Gerald Ford proclaimed that the evacuation was "wrong".
In 1980, under Jimmy Carter, a commission was established by Congress to study the matter. ... On February 24, 1983, the commission issued a report entitled Personal Justice Denied, condemning the internment as unjust and motivated by racism rather than real military necessity.
These conclusions largely having become accepted, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which had been pushed through Congress by Representative Norman Mineta and Senator Alan K. Simpson — the two had met while Mineta was interned at a camp in Wyoming — which provided redress of $20,000 for each surviving detainee, totaling $1.2 billion dollars.
On September 27, 1992, the Amendment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing an additional $400 million in benefits, was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush, who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government.
In 1980, under Jimmy Carter, a commission was established by Congress to study the matter. ... On February 24, 1983, the commission issued a report entitled Personal Justice Denied, condemning the internment as unjust and motivated by racism rather than real military necessity.
These conclusions largely having become accepted, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which had been pushed through Congress by Representative Norman Mineta and Senator Alan K. Simpson — the two had met while Mineta was interned at a camp in Wyoming — which provided redress of $20,000 for each surviving detainee, totaling $1.2 billion dollars.
On September 27, 1992, the Amendment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing an additional $400 million in benefits, was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush, who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government.