Kristen Hayashi

But it's the people who either are older, like older Issei, or these young families that stay in camp a really long time because they don't have the means to sort of restart their lives. They don't have something to return to. There's really fear of the outside. And so the War Relocation Authority gets really panicky because They are not meant to be this permanent organization.

But it's the people who either are older, like older Issei, or these young families that stay in camp a really long time because they don't have the means to sort of restart their lives. They don't have something to return to. There's really fear of the outside. And so the War Relocation Authority gets really panicky because They are not meant to be this permanent organization.

But it's the people who either are older, like older Issei, or these young families that stay in camp a really long time because they don't have the means to sort of restart their lives. They don't have something to return to. There's really fear of the outside. And so the War Relocation Authority gets really panicky because They are not meant to be this permanent organization.

And they look around in 1945, and there's 70,000 people still in these camps, and they don't know what to do. So they go against their own objective, and they decide they're going to send people back to their point of origin. And for many of them, that's California or Southern California. Some of the biggest challenges, like in LA, in Los Angeles, for example, was housing.

And they look around in 1945, and there's 70,000 people still in these camps, and they don't know what to do. So they go against their own objective, and they decide they're going to send people back to their point of origin. And for many of them, that's California or Southern California. Some of the biggest challenges, like in LA, in Los Angeles, for example, was housing.

And they look around in 1945, and there's 70,000 people still in these camps, and they don't know what to do. So they go against their own objective, and they decide they're going to send people back to their point of origin. And for many of them, that's California or Southern California. Some of the biggest challenges, like in LA, in Los Angeles, for example, was housing.

There was a huge housing shortage. There was a lot of, you know, discrimination in terms of like employment. And there were only certain jobs that Japanese Americans were sort of eligible for. And, you know, so it was really difficult, I think.

There was a huge housing shortage. There was a lot of, you know, discrimination in terms of like employment. And there were only certain jobs that Japanese Americans were sort of eligible for. And, you know, so it was really difficult, I think.

There was a huge housing shortage. There was a lot of, you know, discrimination in terms of like employment. And there were only certain jobs that Japanese Americans were sort of eligible for. And, you know, so it was really difficult, I think.

And I think the government really left people behind because the War Relocation Authority dissolves and sort of just leaves people to sort of fend for themselves when they return after World War II.

And I think the government really left people behind because the War Relocation Authority dissolves and sort of just leaves people to sort of fend for themselves when they return after World War II.

And I think the government really left people behind because the War Relocation Authority dissolves and sort of just leaves people to sort of fend for themselves when they return after World War II.

We've mentioned 1952 as a shift in all of this. What happened? How did they change that law that suddenly citizenship was available?

We've mentioned 1952 as a shift in all of this. What happened? How did they change that law that suddenly citizenship was available?

We've mentioned 1952 as a shift in all of this. What happened? How did they change that law that suddenly citizenship was available?

Well, I think this has to do with a lot of Cold War politics, too. Because the United States was victorious and Japan quickly becomes kind of like this ally, then, you know, that's sort of like this.

Well, I think this has to do with a lot of Cold War politics, too. Because the United States was victorious and Japan quickly becomes kind of like this ally, then, you know, that's sort of like this.

Well, I think this has to do with a lot of Cold War politics, too. Because the United States was victorious and Japan quickly becomes kind of like this ally, then, you know, that's sort of like this.

I think that's one of the reasons why ECA are eligible for naturalization as part of the Walter McCarran Act in 1952, and why immigration is allowed to continue after that long period of no immigration from Japan.

I think that's one of the reasons why ECA are eligible for naturalization as part of the Walter McCarran Act in 1952, and why immigration is allowed to continue after that long period of no immigration from Japan.