Requests a reference from McFarling attesting to Hoshimiya's activities in and loyalty to the United States; the request, made at the suggestion of Hoshimiya's attorney, is in response to a claim by the U. S. government that Hoshimiya, who crossed the border from California into Mexico in 1929 with a pass for a day's visit to a Mexican school, had entered the United States illegally upon his re-entry. In the letter, Hoshimiya notes that Japanese have faced "pressure," that immigration officers have been "investigating every Issei's past records," and that he sent the request to McFarling care of Granada (Amache), where Hoshimiya had been incarcerated. This collection contains materials generated by J. Ralph McFarling, a Community Analyst for the War Relocation
Authority, documenting the Amache Concentration Camp in Granada, Colorado where Japanese-Americans were incarcerated
during World War II.
Race and racism--Discrimination Identity and values--Issei World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority Geographic communities--Michigan
Place
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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