October 15, 2017

By Deborah Netburn

The march, dubbed “No Muslim Ban Ever,” began around 1 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.

The location was symbolic.

“It is so meaningful we are here, considering what happened to our Japanese brothers and sisters during World War II,” said Asmaa Ahmed, CAIR-LA public policy and advocacy coordinator. She was referring to the time in 1942 when the federal government imprisoned Japanese Americans after declaring war on Japan.

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