In 1988, survivors of the Manzanar internment camp, along with other Japanese American internment camp survivors, were awarded $20,000 each as part of a reparations package approved by the U.S. government. This compensation was part of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which acknowledged the injustices faced by Japanese Americans during World War II and aimed to provide some measure of restitution for their suffering. The act also included a formal apology from the U.S. government.
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