More than 200 Japanese aliens in the Santa Maria-Guadalupe area of California were arrested after a raid by the FBI. In the meantime, the U.S. government was preparing to hold hearings in West Coast cities to determine what should be done to the…
Raids by FBI agents along the Pacific Coast and Arizona netted over 500 enemy aliens who were arrested for having ties to enemy organizations, some having headquarters overseas.
Twenty-three enemy aliens were rounded up by the FBI and local authorities in Seattle and Port Angeles. There were twenty Japanese arrested and they were accused of having contraband and being members of pro-Axis organizations.
Fifteen Japanese aliens on Bainbridge Island were arrested for possessing contraband that was forbidden under the national espionage act. They were sent to the Immigration Detention Station in Seattle for further processing.
FBI agents arrested six persons of Japanese descent in Tacoma, but all were released except for one who is an alien. He was kept in custody because of his past associations. Meanwhile, state American Legion posts endorsed the policy of removing all…
