To 7-year old Dick Mansfield, it was a simple enough question at the time: “Mommy, where did Chisko and Sumi go?” The blunt, straightforward answer: the Manzanar War Relocation Facility. The in-depth explanation of course, would be far more convoluted, and would take years of anger, probing, and examination to uncover. There was no hard evidence of an impending homegrown threat-- just a gripping fear that seized the American population in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attacks.

From the Restore Fairness blog-

We’re pleased to announce that the Nashville, TN Sheriff’s office has been found guilty of violating the Constitutional rights of Juana Villegas, a pregnant immigrant woman who was inhumanely shackled during labor and denied proper treatment after a traffic stop, of which she was later cleared.

OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      CRT
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010                                        (202) 514-2007

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement on August 16, 2010 on language access policies and practices to state courts which is directly relevant to recent Ling v. Georgia case being carefully watched in Georgia. http://www.lep.gov/final_courts_ltr_081610.pdf