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Before the war, peoples of Japanese ancestry were a small but valuable element in our population. Their record of law-abiding, industrious citizenship was surpassed by no other group. Their contributions to the arts, agriculture, and science were indisputable evidence that the majority of them believed in America and were growing with America.
. . . Among the casualties of war has been America’s Japanese minority. . . . It is my prayer that other Americans will fully realize that to condone the whittling away of the rights of any one minority group is to pave the way for us all to lose the guarantees of the Constitution.
–Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
July 1944
List a detail that could be used as evidence to support an argument against internment.
. . . Among the casualties of war has been America’s Japanese minority. . . . It is my prayer that other Americans will fully realize that to condone the whittling away of the rights of any one minority group is to pave the way for us all to lose the guarantees of the Constitution.
–Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
July 1944
List a detail that could be used as evidence to support an argument against internment.
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GPT-4o mini
A relevant detail that could be used as evidence to support an argument against internment is the statement regarding the Japanese-American community's "record of law-abiding, industrious citizenship." This suggests that the majority of Japanese Americans were contributing positively to society and showed loyalty to the United States, thereby undermining the justification for their internment during World War II.