The Latin American Nikkei

[Zero]

Internment and the loss of personal liberty was not limited to American and Canadian Nikkei. Citing the reason of "military necessity" the U.S. government encouraged Latin American countries, primarily Peru, to deport Axis citizens to the U.S. for internment. Over two-thirds, or 2,300, of the Latin American internees deported to the United States were Japanese nationals or their families; over eighty percent came from Peru.

http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/SJ/Nikkei/LatinNikkei.html

[thomas]

By the way, the web site Zero was quoting from is an excellent Nikkei resource:

The Unofficial Nikkei Home Page

=> http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/SJ/Nikkei/Nikkei_homePage.html