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Some Japanese-Americans Wrongfully Imprisoned During WWII Oppose Census Question

Sharon Sakamoto, 75, was born inside a prison camp after the U.S. government used census data to locate and wrongfully incarcerate people of Japanese descent during World War II. She and her sisters are among the Japanese-Americans who are speaking out against the citizenship question the Trump administration plans to add to the 2020 census. (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)
Sharon Sakamoto, 75, was born inside a prison camp after the U.S. government used census data to locate and wrongfully incarcerate people of Japanese descent during World War II. She and her sisters are among the Japanese-Americans who are speaking out against the citizenship question the Trump administration plans to add to the 2020 census. (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)

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