August 2025

On this day in 1988, Reagan signs into law reparations to be paid to US citizens unlawfully detained
10 Aug 25


US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988. The Act formally apologized, on behalf of the United States, to Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned in make-shift camps throughout the US during World War II, and provided $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The express objective of the bipartisan measure was to "discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and violations of civil liberties in the future."

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