Reparations Funding for Internees to End
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The U.S. Justice Department said the government’s program to compensate Japanese Americans interned during World War II will end in six months and it is trying to find remaining claimants. Atty. Gen. Janet Reno urged potential claimants to file with the Justice Department’s Office of Redress Administration by April 10. The program, which was created by the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, has paid out nearly $1.65 billion in reparations to 81,278 eligible claimants. Individuals receive a payment of $20,000.
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