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February 4, 2009
Support S.22 For Tule Lake Internment Camp

Please call or write to your member of Congress to ask for his/her support for S.22 which contains modest funding for a Special Resources Study for Tule Lake Internment Camp, which is now part of the new National Monument, World War II Valor in the Pacific. While Illinois is not on the list, you should still pledge your support as well as express thanks.

September 5, 2008
UPDATE: LPGA Rescinds Policy Requiring Plays to Speak English

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced that they rescind the new policy that would suspend players if they do not pass an English proficiency evaluation by the end of 2009. A new plan of action is set to be released by the end of 2008

August 27, 2008
LPGA Announces Policy Requiring Plays to Speak English

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) recent announced a new policy that would suspend players if they do not pass an English proficiency evaluation by the end of 2009.

July 9, 2008
School Board To Consider English-only Commencement Speeches

The Terrebonne Parish school board in Louisiana is considering a proposal requiring commencement speeches to be in English only after two co-valedictorians from Ellender High School thanked their parents by incorporating and translating a few brief words of gratitude in Vietnamese.

April 18, 2008
JACL Troubled By Racist Cubs Apparel

The JACL is deeply disturbed by the derogatory "Fukudome t-shirts" that are being sold outside of Wrigley Field. The shirts depict a slanty-eyed bear cub that says "Horry Kow" in mock Asian font, and Kosuke Fukudome's name and number are displayed on the back.

October 30, 2007
Statement by National Asian Pacific American Communities on New York State’s Endorsement of the REAL ID Act

Governor Eliot Spitzer Adds Fuel to an Alarming Trend and Disappoints National Asian Pacific American Leaders

National Asian Pacific American leaders expressed their dismay over Governor Eliot Spitzer’s announcement that New York State will implement the REAL ID Act at a press conference with Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff on Saturday, October 27, 2007.

October 18, 2007
Epidemic of hate symbols must not be taken lightly, says JACL

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is deeply disturbed by the number of noose-hanging incidents and hate symbols that have surfaced across the country in recent weeks, and is concerned that these shocking displays of hate will lead to violent behavior.

October 15, 2007
JACL denounces Ann Coulter for anti-Semitic comments

The Japanese American Citizens League is disappointed and outraged at Ann Coulter’s anti-Semitic remarks in an Oct. 8 appearance on CNBC’s “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch, in which she claims that Christians “want Jews to be perfected, as they say. […] That’s just what Christianity is.”

September 21, 2007
JENA SIX UNFAIR AND UNEQUAL TREATMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) expressed concern today over the apparent unequal treatment of six youth from Jena, La., known as the “Jena Six.”

September 4, 2007
No Resources in Pursuing the Killing of an Asian Fisherman

The Japanese American Citizens League, the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, is deeply disturbed by police speculation that the death of Yu Doan, based on investigation of the facts, may be a hate crime.