PhotoA prominent supporter of Donald J. Trump set off concern and condemnation on behalf of Muslims on Wednesday after citing World War II-era Japanese-American internment camps as a “precedent” for an immigrant registry suggested by a member of the president-elect’s transition team. We did it during World War II with Japanese.”“You’re not proposing that we go back to the days of internment camps, I hope,” said Megyn Kelly, the host of the show. “The U.S. congress itself had apologized for the Japanese internment,” Mr. McCaw said, referring to the Civil Liberties Act, which formally apologized for Japanese internment during the war and was signed into law by President Reagan. A spokesman for the Great America PAC said Mr. Higbie had stopped working for the fund-raising group on the day after the election. Mr. Higbie himself did not immediately respond to an email.

Source: New York Times November 17, 2016 15:45 UTC