Japanese American Citizens League
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1944
Condemnation of Nisei draft resisters
The organization’s hardline opposition to Japanese American men who resisted military induction from the camps became a lasting source of division. The JACL later apologized for this position in 2002.
1942
Controversy over wartime incarceration policy
The JACL was criticized for not challenging the constitutionality of Japanese American exclusion and incarceration, for cooperating with authorities in identifying supposedly disloyal Issei, and for advising community members to comply with removal orders.