Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi (Japanese: 遠藤 美津江, May 10, 1920 – April 14, 2006) was an American woman of Japanese descent who was unjustly incarcerated during World War II in concentration camps sponsored by the War Relocation Authority. Endo filed a writ of habeas corpus that ultimately led to a United States Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. government could not continue to detain a citizen who was "concededly loyal" to the United States.
Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi (Japanese: 遠藤 美津江, May 10, 1920 – April 14, 2006) was an American woman of Japanese descent who was unjustly incarcerated during World War II in concentration camps sponsored by the War Relocation Authority. Endo filed a writ of habeas corpus that ultimately led to a United States Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. government could not continue to detain a citizen who was "concededly loyal" to the United States.
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