They Called Us Enemy

by

George Takei

Issei is the Japanese term for first-generation immigrants—those who came to the U.S. from Japan.
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...camp, there are people from all over California and even some from Hawaii. There are Issei (immigrants from Japan), Nisei (second-generation immigrants), and some Sansei (children of Nisei). People in the... (full context)