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People Power United joins coalition in solidarity of the National Day of Remembrance. Here is the solidarity statement we signed on to on behalf of our membership:
The National Day of Remembrance on February 19th marks the years since the issuance of Executive Order 9066 which led to the forced removal and incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by the United States government. On the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and in the midst of relentless anti-immigrant attacks that rely upon similar pernicious narratives and policies, our organizations recommit ourselves to community care and solidarity.
A long history of scapegoating and dehumanizing Asian immigrants laid the groundwork for Executive Order 9066. Prior to World War II, the United States government had already implemented migration bans, alien land laws, and citizenship restrictions that targeted and excluded Asian immigrants, while relying on them for cheap labor. This paved the way for the government to weaponize the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and issue Executive Order 9066 in order to forcibly remove, separate, and indefinitely detain Japanese Americans in incarceration camps without any due process.
For decades, Japanese Americans have raised their voices to say “never again” when our country has been on the precipice of repeating mistakes from the past - from post-9/11 policies that surveilled and profiled Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians to the Muslim ban under the first Trump Administration that barred entry into the US from many Muslim-majority and African countries to the separation and detention of immigrant children and families.
We are facing another such precipice today. The Trump Administration is swiftly implementing harmful and divisive immigration and national security measures, from mass detentions and deportations to the end of birthright citizenship to the closure of asylum and refugee pathways.
The Trump Administration is relying on many of the same dangerous policies and narratives from previous shameful periods in our country’s history: characterizing immigrants as invaders and job stealers to divide people against each other; conducting neighborhood and workplace raids; requesting bids from private prisons to open more family detention facilities; and invoking the Alien Enemies Act to justify the deportations of immigrants without due process.
The throughline between the incarceration of Japanese Americans, the Muslim ban, and mass deportations is clear: these are all attempts to demarcate who belongs in America and who doesn’t, on the basis of race, faith, nationality, class, and immigration status.
Our communities and organizations have seen this playbook before many times - and each time, we have also come together to resist it through organizing and advocacy, litigation and protest, mutual aid and solidarity.
On this National Day of Remembrance, we draw upon the resilience of Japanese Americans to strengthen our own resolve. We call on community members of all ages and backgrounds, faith and civic leaders, and institutional stakeholders and elected officials to join us. We can each do our part to share information about the parallels between the past and today; take action to protect the rights of immigrants; join and support local immigrant-serving organizations; and deepen our relationships with one another.
Our organizations are prepared to stand with each other, support targeted communities, and hold policy makers accountable. Together, we will strengthen our resilience, build our collective power, and practice solidarity to meet this moment. 1
Be Free or Live in Fear
Someone asked me recently if I was afraid of retaliation and here is my response:
The day we hide in fear is the day we live every waking moment in fear.
I don't know what the convicted felon president Trump and organized crime boss will do, but I will not live in fear. I will speak out, show up, and build power to replace him and his cult, the MAGA Republicans and naughty Democrats in Congress that are supporting his efforts to empower Putin and Elon Musk by cheering them on or sitting idly by and doing nothing.
You have to choose what is best for you: live in fear and be silent (which is complicit) or speak out, show up, and help us build power.
Above all, as a mom, wife, and community member, I fear losing our rights, freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law far more than anything else. That’s why I refuse to stay silent—I will push back against corruption without hesitation. And if you need proof of my determination, here’s the moment right before I did my first act of civil disobedience, standing up for our Dreamers and DACA kids. I know which side of history I’m on. - Laurie Woodward Garcia
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