1 9 8 0 , ▁a ▁Commission ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁Congress ▁as ▁a ▁“ fact ▁finding ▁study ” ▁to ▁look ▁into ▁the ▁deport ation ▁of ▁civ ili ans ▁to ▁U . S . ▁intern ment ▁cam ps . ▁This ▁commission ▁published ▁its ▁report ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁bringing ▁to ▁light ▁the ▁US ▁government ’ s ▁actions ▁in ▁this ▁period . ▁However , ▁this ▁commission ’ s ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁German ▁civ ili ans ▁from ▁Latin ▁Americans ▁was ▁limited ▁only ▁to ▁its ▁append ix . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Congress ▁passed ▁the ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁which ▁granted ▁a ▁formal ▁ap ology ▁and ▁re par ations ▁to ▁Japanese ▁Americans ▁intern ed ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁ 2 , ▁with ▁a ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁US ▁p ayout ▁to ▁all ▁surv iv ors . ▁However , ▁these ▁re par ations ▁and ▁the ▁subsequent ▁ap ology ▁did ▁not ▁per tain ▁to ▁non - U . S . ▁citizens ▁and ▁legal ▁permanent ▁residents ▁who ▁were ▁deport ed ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁from ▁Latin ▁America . ▁▁ ▁Because ▁the ▁law ▁was ▁restricted ▁to ▁American ▁citizens , ▁and ▁to ▁legal ▁permanent ▁residents , ▁eth nic ▁Japanese ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁from ▁their ▁homes ▁in ▁Latin ▁America ▁( most ly ▁from ▁Peru ), ▁were ▁not ▁covered ▁in ▁the ▁re par ations , ▁regardless ▁of ▁whether ▁they ▁had ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁had ▁returned ▁to ▁Latin ▁America , ▁or