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San Diego apologizes for support of WWII detention camps

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2020, file photo Lori Matsumura visits the cemetery at the Manzanar National Historic Site near Independence, Calif. The San Diego City Council has rescinded a resolution it passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II. During a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, council members approved a formal apology to Japanese Americans, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Roughly 120,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans were sent to desolate camps that dotted the West because the government claimed they might plot against the U.S.(AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) FILE - In this June 19, 1942 file photo, Japanese evacuees move into a war relocation authority center in Manzanar, Calif. The San Diego City Council has rescinded a resolution it passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II. During a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, council members approved a formal apology to Japanese Americans, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Roughly 120,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans were sent to desolate camps that dotted the West because the government claimed they might plot against the U.S. (AP Photo/File)