"Ireicho" means "record of names" in Japanese. An Ireicho created by an LA nonprofit is filled with the names of the more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated during World War II. Many of those people were American citizens.

The book is now traveling the country, giving descendants of survivors a chance to reflect and recognize their loved ones. Jeff Kawaguchi of Foster City, California, recently had the chance to see his parents' names when the book made a stop in Palo Alto. He described it as a spiritual experience.

"I could feel all of them in the room," he said. "It's being recognized as lessons learned in our history."

The nationwide tour of the Ireicho comes after President Donald Trump invoked the same law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, that was used to

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