SD Rescinds WWII Law Calling For Removal Of Japanese: Report

SAN DIEGO, CA — The city of San Diego just rescinded a former law that called for the FBI to remove San Diegans of Japanese descent during World War II, according to media reports.

The resolution, which passed in 1942, came from an order from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, under which more than 120,000 people of Japanese decent were jailed in 10 camps across the Western United States and Arkansas throughout the war, the Times of San Diego reported.

The order was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Korematsu v. United States in 1944. It was described by Councilwoman Mari Von Wilpert Tuesday as "one of the most reviled decisions in the Supreme Court's history," the newspaper reported.

On Tuesday, the city council passed a new resolution rescinding Resolution 76068 and issued an apology to those who were affected.

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