The CentennialWhen asked about the significance of the Gardena Buddhist Churchs upcoming 100th anniversary.

Essayli defended the raid as being within the scope of reasonable suspicion.ICE raids have increased in the city.

consisting of community-based organizations and individuals including Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) staff.respond to and support our communitys needs.Trump and his thugs are using fear and cruelty to make a political statement in retaliation to Gov.

The parallels are stark: entire communities were forcibly removed from the West Coast in 1942 and today our immigrant brothers and sisters face the terror of ICE and CBP raids across the country.It is no coincidence that this show of force occurred at the same time and place as Gov.

residents and community members affected by the incident.

As this administration concurrently threatens to erase national monuments like WWII Japanese American incarceration camps.The undocumented people are being arrested and deported because theyre murderers and drug dealers? No.

first-generation Japanese American men were among the first to be rounded up by the FBI.Theyre not here for easy money.

Now imagine what their life is like in their country of origin to travel hundreds of miles.Terminal Island represented what my grandfather Gengoro was hoping to find when he immigrated here from Japan … An opportunity to create a new life for himself.