Civil Liberties Act of 1988

              public law 100-383 aug 10 1988 102 stat 903 public law 100-383 100th congress an act to implement recommendations of the commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled section 1 purposes the purposes of this act are to — 1 acknowledge the fundamental injustice of the evacuation relocation and internment of united states citizens and perma nent resident aliens of japanese ancestry during world war ii 2 apologize on behalf of the people of the united states for the evacuation relocation and internment of such citizens and permanent resident aliens 3 provide for a public education fund to finance efforts to inform the public about the internment of such individuals so as to prevent the recurrence of any similar event 4 make restitution to those individuals of japanese ancestry who were interned 5 make restitution to aleut residents of the pribilof islands and the aleutian islands west of unimak island in settlement of united states obligations in equity and at law for — a injustices suffered and unreasonable hardships en dured while those aleut residents were under united states control during world war ii b personal property taken or destroyed by united states forces during world war ii c community property including community church property taken or destroyed by united states forces during world war ii and d traditional village lands on attu island not rehabili tated after world war ii for aleut occupation or other productive use 6 discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and viola tions of civil liberties in the future and 7 make more credible and sincere any declaration of concern by the united states over violations of human rights committed by other nations sec 2 statement of the congress a with regard to individuals of japanese ancestry the congress recognizes that as described by the commission on war time relocation and internment of civilians a grave injustice was done to both citizens and permanent resident aliens of japanese ancestry by the evacuation relocation and internment of civilians during world war ii as the commission documents these actions were carried out without adequate security reasons and without any acts of espionage or sabotage documented by the commission and were motivated largely by racial prejudice wartime hysteria and a aug 10 1988 h.r 442 human rights 50 usc app 1989 public information real property 50 usc app 1989a