{"id":5178,"date":"2017-02-06T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-introduce-resolution-to-honor-civil-rights-hero-fred-korematsu\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:06","slug":"wyden-merkley-introduce-resolution-to-honor-civil-rights-hero-fred-korematsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-introduce-resolution-to-honor-civil-rights-hero-fred-korematsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley presentan una resoluci\u00f3n para honrar al h\u00e9roe de los derechos civiles Fred Korematsu"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have introduced a resolution honoring Fred Korematsu, who challenged the internment of Japanese Americans..<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyden and Merkley said the resolution honoring Korematsu’s work and advocacy of the civil rights and liberties of all people is timely, given the president’s executive order establishing a Muslim ban.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Fred Korematsu’s brave advocacy for the civil rights of 120,000 Japanese Americans remains a timeless example of courage that resonates today and every day,“ <\/b>dijo Wyden. “I am committed to fighting for the continued advance of civil rights he spent his life defending, and against those who would betray both the law and our history to impose an unconstitutional religious test on immigrants.”<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“Heroes like Fred Korematsu demonstrate the importance of fighting fiercely for our core American values, even when it is hard<\/b>,” said Merkley. “His story reminds us that the time is always right to stand up for what is right. We must keep fighting for the freedom and equality that define our nation, and ensure that the Statue of Liberty continues to stand as a beacon of hope around the world.”<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The resolution is cosponsored by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), , Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), , Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).<\/span><\/p>\n

A broad coalition of advocacy organizations support the resolution, including the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation, Demand Progress, Free Press Action Fund, Restore the Fourth, The Yemen Peace Project, and Fight for the Future.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1942, at the age of 23, Fred Korematsu was arrested for refusing to enter the internment camps for Japanese Americans. After his arrest, he appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court, which upheld Executive Order 9066 based on military necessity. After 40 years, on November 10, 1983, Korematsu’s criminal conviction was overturned in a federal court in San Francisco. Korematsu remained a civil rights advocate throughout his life and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, from President Bill Clinton in 1998. He passed away on March 30, 2005 at the age of 86.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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