1948
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Congress passed the Japanese-American Claims Act of 1948, signed by President Harry Truman, providing partial financial compensation for lost property to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II [2][3]. The act allowed internees to submit claims for property losses, though the total compensation of $38 million was far less than the estimated $400 million in losses [3]. This was the first federal acknowledgment of the injustice of the incarceration and a step toward reparations [2][3].
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