MIKE MURASEJune Hibino (with sign) leads a chant with (facing camera) Yasuko Sakamoto.

a memorial built to commemorate Fish Harbors past was all that was left to show the flourishing community now long gone.By Sharon YamatoMany know Terminal Island as a place with an ignominious history as the Japanese American fishing community that was quickly decimated after the signing of EO 9066.

As Japanese Americans who are victims of horrible bigotry and mass detention.residents have been patrolling the area and claim that increased traffic is a clear sign that ICE is moving in.Sharon Yamato writes from Playa del Rey and can be reached at sharony360@gmail.

The racist component to this forced detention also has not been overlooked by those of us once victimized as non-alien and alien enemies just because of the color of our skin.I was shocked at how things had changed in the decades since Id last been there.

there is an eerie similarity to the immediate construction of 16 euphemistically named assembly centers only weeks after EO 9066 was signed.

With the passage of the Big Ugly Bill.As the leader of the association.

continuing the fight for reparations for Black Americans today.I feel honored to be a part of Little Tokyo.

Miyoshi is dedicated to ensuring the service and sacrifice of all Japanese Americans in the U.including Aoyama Gakuin University L.