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This Isn’t The First Time White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship

In the latest in a long string of attacks on immigration, this week Trump declared he would issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship. Established by the 14th amendment in…

The Last Alien Land Law

Most of the discriminatory laws passed during the early 20th century to discourage Japanese immigrants from settling permanently in the United States have been repealed—but did you know that there…

Japanese American WWII Incarceration: Not a Precedent for Proposed Muslim Registry

It’s been a week since Carl Higbie came under fire for citing Japanese American incarceration as a precedent for Donald Trump’s proposed Muslim registry. Densho staffers joined the chorus of voices…