In the News
NBC Asian America | Man charged in Seattle sledgehammer hate crime had been arrested before for anti-Asian attack | Sept 19, 2023
Alliance Magazine| The future of the past: Intergenerational trauma and transitional justice | Aug 2, 2023
The Atlantic |The Ripple Effects of Japanese American Reparations| June 10, 2023
Greensboro News and Record |‘Prisons for children’: Advocates for children say Greensboro facility will harm immigrant children | May 14, 2023
Greensboro News and Record |Gilded Cage? Protestors say don’t be fooled by the luxurious grounds, immigrant children will by traumatized at Greensboro facility | May 13, 2023
Fox8 |Protest planned over leadership of migrant children intake facility in Greensboro | May 12, 2023
Democracy Now | Never Again: Human Rights Groups & Japanese Americans Warn Biden Against Jailing Migrant Families | March 17, 2023
Pacific Citizen | ADVOCACY IN ACTION an intergenerational delegation travels to Washington, D.C., demanding an end to child detention | Feb. 24-March 9, 2023
Philadelphia Inquire | Closing Berks County immigrant detention center is not enough | March 6, 2023
Star-Telegram| Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations | February 25, 2023
TruthOut | A Victory for Abolitionists: ICE-Run Immigration Prison Shuts Down Today | January 31, 2023
Rafu Simpo | 76 JA, Asian American Organizations Call for Presidential Commission on Black Reparations | December 24, 2022
Mother Jones| My Family Lost Our Farm During Japanese Incarceration. I Went Searching for What Remains. | February, 18, 2022
NBC Asian America | ‘Because we know it is possible’: Japanese Americans join fight for reparations, January 13, 2022
VOA | A Vietnamese Man’s LIfe in the US Transformed but on Hold, August 8, 2021
LAIST | Japanese Americans Demand Reparations for Black Americans, July 23, 2021
[radio] KPFA | Flashpoints, July 19, 2021
Pressenza | Ft. Bliss and Biden Administration on the Wrong Side of History, July 18, 2021
[radio] KPFA | Immigration and Child Detention, Jul 16, 2021
Daily Kos | Biden admin to close six temporary camps for unaccompanied children by August, June 30, 2021
ABC | The Plight of Lam Hong Le , June 11, 2021
KTVU | Advocates Rally for Vietnamese Refugee in Oakland Poised to be Deported by ICE, June 5, 2021
[radio] CapRadio | Advocacy Groups Gather at Capitol to Protest Deportation of Vietnamese Refugee, June 4, 2021
HuffPost | Japanese American Activists Support Black Reparations to Heal Wounds Past and Present, May 2021
Pacific Citizen | Safety in the Time of Hate and Coronavirus, May 7, 2021
[radio] WBEZ | Our Liberation is Bound With Each Others, April 23, 2021
Pacific Citizen | Former Japanese American WWII Incarcerees Say a Bill to Study Slavery is a “Moral Obligation”, March 19, 2021
Time Magazine | A Cage is Still a Cage: President Biden Must End U.S. Detention of Children and Families, March 11, 2021
Pacific Citizen | Transformative Solidarity, July 31, 2020
Nishi Nippon |「移民差別繰り返すな」日系人がトランプ政権にNO強制収容背景に July 24, 2020
Reading Eagle | Day of Protests Features ‘Honk In’ July 17, 2020
Pressenza | Shut Down Berks Coalition: We Demand Freedom for Detained Black and Brown Immigrant Families July 17, 2020
[radio] KPFA Flashpoints | The COVID Outbreak in San Quentin July 16, 2020
Rafu Shimpo | Tsuru for Solidarity: Nikkei Voices of Protest July 4, 2020
Rafu Shimpo | Tsuru for Solidarity: Presenting Voices from Ground Zero July 4, 2020
Rafu Shimpo | Tsuru for Solidarity: A National Movement Shifts Online July 4, 2020
[radio] NPR | With Fleets of Planes, Artists Take to Skies Nationwide to Protest Mass Detention July 4, 2020
New York Times | Protesting US Immigration Policies, Artists Aim for the Sky July 3, 2020
Los Angeles Times | 80 Artists will Mark Fourth of July with Skytyped Messages Over U.S. Detention Centers July 3, 2020
Hypebeast | 80 Artists are Launching Aerial Demonstrations Over Detention Centers Nationwide July 3, 2020
Rafu Shimpo | Gee Orders Release of Migrant Children from ICE Detention June 30, 2020
Pacific Citizen | Tsuru for Solidarity Rallies Activists Across the Country June 26, 2020
Nichi Bei | Dissent: A Call for Solidarity with Black-led Fights for Liberation June 18, 2020
PBS News Hour | How George Floyd’s Killing has Inspired a Diverse Range of Protestors June 17, 2020
East Wind | Tsuru for Solidarity’s Nationwide Rallies June 8, 2020
Indybay | Tsuru for Solidarity Vigil: Black Lives Matter/Free Families Detained by ICE June 8, 2020
Nishi Nippon | : 白人優位に怒る米国社会「人種超え連携」日系人団体も抗議イベント June 8, 2020
Anchorage Daily News | Crowds Gather near the White House for 10th Day of Protests in DC June 7, 2020
[radio] WBEZ | Japanese Americans Hang Paper Cranes at Cook County Jail to Protest Mass Incarceration and Police Brutality June 7, 2020
SF Gate | Thousands Gather for Protests Around the Bay on Saturday June 7, 2020
Rafu Shimpo | Hirono to be Keynote for Virtual Protest June 5, 2020
The Mendocino Voice | Round Valley Sends 200 Original Peace Cranes to White House May 28, 2020
[radio] WORT | Never Again is Now: Remembering Japanese American Internment During WWII May 26, 2020
AsAm News | Japanese American organization draws on history of illness in WWII concentration camps, calls for release of immigrants detained by ICE March 27, 2020
International Examiner | Day of Remembrance, Day of Action in Tacoma draws multigenerational, multiethnic crowd March 3 2020
South Seattle Emerald | Opinion – Whitewashing Bellevue’s History March 2 2020
Seattle Times | Bellevue College administrator placed on leave for altering display on Japanese American incarceration February 28, 2020
amNY | Japanese American New Yorkers link historical injustices to modern immigration concerns in NYC February 27, 2020
AsAm News | Japanese Americans hold solidarity march in solemn Day of Remembrance of Incarceration Camps February 24, 2020
KNKX | Crowd remembers Japanese incarceration at immigrant detention center in Tacoma February 24, 2020
91.3 KBCS | Japanese American Elders Protest the Northwest Detention Center February 24, 2020
Common Dreams | Because #NeverAgainIsNow, Japanese Americans, Allies Stage Rally Demanding Closure of Immigration Prison February 24, 2020
Crosscut | ‘Never again is now’: Japanese Americans driven by history in immigration fight February 21, 2020
CNN | As a kid, America sent him to live in barracks with 18,000 others. Now, decades later, he’s getting an apology February 20, 2020
AsAm News | Asian Americans denounce Trump expansion of Muslim ban Feb 1, 2020
ACLU Podcast: At Liberty | Harnessing History and Solidarity to Stop Migrant Detention (Ep. 84) January 30th, 2020
South Seattle Emerald | Japanese-American Solidarity Group Opens Seattle Chapter, Preps for February Action January 29, 2020
Univision Sacramento | Activistas exigieron que la cárcel del Condado Yuba sea utilizada como centro de detención de inmigrantes January 12, 2020
AsAm News | Japanese American WWII camp survivors, allies hold coalition protest at ICE-contracted Yuba County Jail January 11, 2020
KCRA | Demonstrators protest immigration center in Marysville January 11, 2020
Nichi Bei Weekly | Rabbit Ramblings: Renewing the Call to Action in 2020 January 1, 2020
Folklife Magazine | What They Carried When the Japanese American Camps Closed December 17, 2019
[radio] 94.1 KPFA | Flashpoints – November 25, 2019 November 25, 2019
Common Dreams | Activists Confront CEO’s “Disgusting” Use of Family’s History at WWII Incarceration Camps to Justify Propping Up ICE’s Migrant Detention November 25, 2019
[radio] Radio Project | Women Rising Migrations: Standing in Solidarity With the Desperate October 5, 2019
Truthout | Private contractor defends detention inspections deemed useless by ICE Staff September 28, 2019
Medium | All My Relations September 16, 2019
[radio] IndyKids! | The Growing Movement of Japanese Americans Protesting Immigration Detention in the U.S. September 16, 2019
Rafu Shimpo | No more Concentration camps – Never Again is Now September 6, 2019
Buddhist Door Global | Why Fold Paper Cranes? Japanese American Buddhists and Today’s Migrant Crisis August 30, 2019
[radio] KPFA | Flashpoints- August 23, 2019 August 23, 2019
The Nation | We Have Been Here Before August 21, 2019
Cinema isn’t dead | Fighting Against an Ugly Tide w/ Marshall Curry & Claudia Katayanagi August 21, 2019
NHK World Prime | I Too Was a Child of Camp August 16, 2019
Street Roots | Japanese American incarceration and present-day migrant camps: Perspectives of 3 survivors August 16, 2019
Nichi Bei Weekly | Trump’s anti-immigrant-campaign castigated: critics concerned about JA private contractor’s oversight of ICE detention centers August 15, 2019
Eastwind | Making Paper Cranes Fly August 11, 2019
Tricycle | At Fort Sill, a Prayer That History Would Not Repeat Itself August 5, 2019
ABC 10 | Japanese internment camp survivor shows solidarity for immigrant children with origami August 2, 2019
NBC News | Former Japanese internment camp to shelter migrant children July 30, 2019
Newsweek | Oklahoma Army Base Fort Sill Will Not House Migrant Children, for Now July 27, 2019
KFOR | Senator Jim Inhofe: Ft. Sill will not house migrant children July 25, 2019
Lion’s Roar | Buddhists join protest against detention of migrant children in Oklahoma July 21, 2019
NBC News | Japanese Americans among hundreds protesting plan to detain migrant children at Fort Sill July 20, 2019
The Oklahoman | Hundreds protest migrant camps at Fort Sill – photo gallery July 20, 2019
Common Dreams | ‘Close the Camps!’: Protesters March Against Trump’s Plan to Imprison Migrant Kids at Site of Japanese, Indigenous Incarceration July 20, 2019
[radio] The KPFA Evening News | July 20th, 2019 KPFA July 20, 2019
USA Today | Trump plan to incarcerate migrant children at Fort Sill again shows worst of America July 11, 2019
Buddhist Door | Tsuru for Solidarity Takes Peaceful Action to Protest Mass Detention of Immigrants in the US July 11, 2019
The Tulsa Voice | ‘Never again’Internment camp survivors and allies protest child detention in Oklahoma July 2019
Lion’s Roar | Buddhist memorial service to be held at Fort Sill protest against migrant detention on July 20 July 8, 2019
Patheos | Never Again Is Now: A Letter to Buddhist Leaders July 8, 2019
Pressenza | Face 2 Face Report Back with Mike Ishii, Linda Morris, and Lauren Sumida July 5, 2019
The Rafu Shimpo| Multicultural Allies Gather at Fort Sill Rally July 3, 2019
Noriko Nakada | Women Who Submit June 28, 2019
Eastwind | Defiance and Solidarity at Fort Sill June 27, 2019
PRI | Oklahoma’s Fort Sill has a history of jailing minority groups. Migrant children could be next. June 26, 2019
Democracy Now! Survivor of WWII Internment Camp Speaks Out: Japanese Americans Know the Trauma of Child Detention June 26, 2019
Democracy Now! Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at WWII Prison Camp June 24, 2019
The Lawton Constitution: Protest Provides Opportunity To Shine Light On The Internment Of Undocumented Children June 23, 2019
The Oklahoman | Japanese Americans to Protest Placement of Migrant Children at Fort Sill June 22, 2019
Stop Repeating History | Japanese Americans joined together with Native Americans and Immigrant Rights advocates to protest immigration detention at Fort Sill, a former WWII prison camp June 22, 2019
[Press Release] JACL | Japanese Americans to Speak Out Against Designation of Fort Sill to Detain Migrant Children June 19, 2019
ABC7 News | News of migrant children housed at Fort Sill spurs protest plans June 18, 2019
[Press Release] Detention Watch Network | Japanese Americans to protest the detention of migrant children at Ft Sill Oklahoma June 14, 2019
Discover Nikkei | Twenty Thousand Cranes And More: Stories Behind Washington State’s Tsuru For Solidarity and Crystal City, Texas April 23, 2019
Eastwind | Japanese American Voices from Dilley, Texas April 12, 2019
Eastwind | “No More Kids in Cages! Not Ok in 1942, Not Ok Today”
Japanese American former detainees protest immigrant detention in South Texas April 12, 2019
PRI | Immigrant detention centers are a grim reminder of history April 5, 2019
ABC News | Coalition of WWII Japanese American internment camp survivors stage peaceful protest at immigrant detention facility on Texas border March 30, 2019
Kyodo News | Japanese Americans Make Origami in Show of Support for Immigrants March 26, 2019
NBC News | Japanese-American activists will bring paper cranes to show solidarity with migrant families March 25, 2019