,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjai ,ms4
 ,lofgren introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
apologize for the treatment of ,italian 
,americans during ,world ,war ,,ii4  #a4
 ,apology for the treatment of ,italian 
,americans during ,world ,war ,,ii  7a7 
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,over #ae million ,italians have  
immigrated to the ,united ,states since 
#aheb4  7#b7 ,italian immigrants have   
provided a culture and heritage that has
 enriched ,american life4  7#c7 ,the    
treatment of ,italian ,americans during 
,world ,war ,,ii was authorized by the  
,act of ,july #f1 #agih 7,chapter #ff1  
,sec4 #a2 #a ,stat4 #egg2 #ej ,u4,s4,c4 
#ba2 commonly known as the ,alien       
,enemies ,act74  7#d7 ,additional       
authority for the treatment of ,italian 
,americans during ,world ,war ,,ii was  
based on ,executive ,order #ijff 7#g    

,fed4 ,reg4 #adjg7 and ,executive ,order
 #iajb 7#g ,fed4 ,reg4 #bafe74  7#e7    
,these orders required ,italian-born    
citizens and their families to carry    
identification cards1 face travel       
restrictions1 and obey curfews4  7#f7   
,these orders authorized the seizure of 
personal property4  7#g7 #aj1jjj        
,italian ,americans living on the ,west 
,coast were forced to leave their homes 
and were prohibited from entering       
coastal zones during ,world ,war ,,ii4  
7#h7 ,thousands of ,italian-,american   
immigrants were arrested and hundreds   
were interned in military camps during  
,world ,war ,,ii4  7#i7 ,the treatment  
of ,italian ,americans during ,world    
,war ,,ii needs to be acknowledged in   
order to remember those whose lives were
 unjustly disrupted and whose freedoms  
were violated4  7#aj7 ,acknowledging and
 apologizing for the treatment of       
,italian ,americans during ,world ,war  
,,ii would help repair the              
,italian-,american community and would  

discourage the occurrence of similar    
injustices and violations of civil      
liberties in the future4  7b7 ,statement
 of ,congress ,for these fundamental    
violations of the basic civil liberties 
and constitutional rights of ,italian   
,americans during ,world ,war ,,ii1     
,congress apologizes on behalf of the   
,nation4