President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, that granted an apology and a token monetary redress amount to all the surviving Japanese and Japanese American Citizens displaced by EO 9066. There is no way to replace the lost years suffered by the innocent inmates.
The original immigrants from Japan, referred to as Issei (1st generation) and their offspring, called Nisei (2nd generation) made up the majority of the prison population. About 6,000 babies (3rd generation, called Sansei) were born in the camps. Most of the imprisoned Issei and Nisei are deceased. Sansei born in the camps are 82-85 years old. Today, the 4th (Yonsei) and 5th (Gosei) generations are seeking information about the experiences of their ancestors. Like their deceased relatives, some also experience anguish and bitterness, even though the Nisei rarely expressed such feelings. Americans of Japanese descent are now more open to exploring the social and emotional impacts of the imprisonment.