Les Ouchida was born an
American just outside California's capital city, but his citizenship mattered little after
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the
United States declared war.
Based solely on their Japanese ancestry, the 5-year-old and his family were taken from their home in 1942 and imprisoned far away in Arkansas.
On Thursday, California's Legislature is expected to approve a resolution offering an apology to Ouchida and other internment victims for the state's role in aiding the U.S. government's policy and condemning actions that helped fan anti-Japanese discrimination.