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Japanese Americans who resisted the draft were given a presidential pardon in 1947.

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In 1978, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) formed the Redress Committee whose purpose was to find a way to repay Japanese Americans for what happened.

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A formal apology from the US written by President Reagan for their incarceration

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In 1988, long after WWII, the Civil Liberties Act was passed, which gave each surviving internee $20,000

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The Perkins (employers of Tsuyako’s mother) invited the family over for breakfast. They served the family with care in the following months, bringing them supplies and helping to make repairs.

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Another white couple (the camp supervisor and his wife) invited Tsuyako and her husband to dinner and a movie. This was against camp rules, but they did it anyway. These small acts of service made the internment experience more bearable and hopeful.

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In Tanir vs Tanzin the supreme court ruled that people can sue law enforcement and receive reparations for any damages that are caused by violations of their religious freedom.

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Muslim community members in the United States are educating each other on how to react when law enforcement makes assumptions about like the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility Clinic.

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In 2021, the US made a proclamation that ended discriminatory bans on entry into the United States, which helped the Muslim and Black community.

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After Felix's death, the chair of the new veterans' civil rights group American GI Forum, Dr. Hector Garcia, sent many letters and telegrams to state officials expressing his diassaproval for the discrimination against a soldier who sacrificed his life for the country.  He also contacted Senator Lyndon Johnson about this.

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Senator Lyndon Johnson was able to arrange a burial for Felix Longoria at Arlington National Cemetary. This made Longoria the first of many Mexican Americans who fought in World War II to be buried there.

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The GI Forum was able to raise money to help increase the amount of their members that can vote. They also teamed up with the League of United Latin American Citizens for two years to increase the protection of civil rights laws and fight segregation against Mexican Americans in schools.

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Garcia wanted to continue this fight for equality for Mexican Americans.  He managed to open 40 new chapters for veterans in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. He also then noticed the neglect veterans were getting from the Veterans Administration and wanted to make a change.

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Lyndon Johnson went on to continue fighting for Mexican American rights and the GI Forum still works to this day to advocate for veterans. Garcia also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for all of his work in the civil rights movement for Mexican Americans.