Utah students make a film about WWII incarceration at Topaz, and find a link to Trump’s deportation policy

“When you forget your history, you repeat it,” says a 94-year-old Japanese American in the University of Utah student-made documentary.

(courtesy Karie Minaga-Miya) A photo belonging to Karie Minaga-Miya shows her family before they were incarcerated at the Topaz Internment Camp near Delta, Utah, during World War II. Minaga-Miya's mother, the young girl on the right, never talked about her time at Topaz, and her daughter only learned of it when she attended law school.

Utah students make a film about WWII incarceration at Topaz, and find a link to Trump’s deportation policy

“When you forget your history, you repeat it,” says a 94-year-old Japanese American in the University of Utah student-made documentary.

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