parents from the west coast. they were ordered from their homes, sent first to assembly centers and then on to ten camps away from the coast on desolate federal lands far from military installations. 120,000 people put behind barbed wire simply because of the color of their skin and a hysteria that grew from ignorance, fear, and racism. >> actor george takei spent four years in the internment camps and he released a blistering response to the roanoke mayor's statement. "there never was any proven incident of espionage or sabotage from the suspected enemies then, just as there has been no act of terrorism from any of the 1,854 syrian refugees the u.s. has already accepted. we were judged based on who we looked like, and that is about as un-american as it gets." joining me now, democratic representative mike honda of california, who was sent to an internment camp when he was nine months old and lived there from 1942 to 1945. and representative jerry nadler, a democrat of new york. congressman honda, let me begin with you. what was your response when you