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Claire Wang in Los Angeles

Ice activity on historic Japanese site evokes painful legacy of incarceration

people hold signs at a rally
A rally on Terminal Island on 26 June 2025. Photograph: Christian B Valle/Harbor Area Peace Patrols

John Tonai was enraged when he learned that a human-made island in San Pedro Bay was being used as a staging ground for the workplace raids unfolding across Los Angeles.

To Tonai, Terminal Island isn’t just one of the country’s busiest container ports. It’s the site of a small fishing village where his parents and thousands of other Japanese immigrants helped establish California’s tuna-canning industry.

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