Norm went to bat for HR 442, named after the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. It came up for debate in 1987, on the two hundredth anniversary of the Constitution. He said, “Though this bill is a deeply personal one for a small number, this legislation touches all of us, because it touches the very core of our nation. Does our Constitution indeed protect all of us, regardless of race or culture? We lost our homes, we lost our businesses, we lost our farms, but worst of all, we lost our most basic human rights. Our own government had branded us with the unwarranted stigma of disloyalty which clings
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