Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced the “No Round Up Act,” which aims to prevent the Trump administration from using a World War II-era law that allowed for the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans to build a current registry of undocumented immigrants. The bill would repeal the Alien Registration Act of 1940, which required the fingerprinting and registration of non-citizen adults, which Trump referenced as the basis for an executive order instructing undocumented immigrants to register with the government. Jayapal and other Democratic lawmakers, along with organizations like the ACLU and Asian Americans Advancing Justice, have criticized the use of this law and the administration’s proposed registry, which they argue could lead to mass deportations and racial profiling. The bill comes in response to the administration’s plan to implement a new registration process on April 11, which some fear could lead to a repeat of the controversial National Security Entry-Exit Registration System implemented after 9/11. Jayapal and others view the use of this law as associated with some of the most shameful moments in American history, and aim to prevent its use in targeting and potentially deporting immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for many years.
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