Trib: Idaho conscience takes a holiday

Those who bemoan President Trump’s ban on refugees and immigrants from Muslim-majority nations would have you believe this is a break with American history.

Far from it.

Within the experience of Americans still living, World War II provoked the country into confining people of Japanese ancestry within internment camps - including one located in Minidoka County in southern Idaho and another along the Lochsa River in Idaho County - for no reason other than their nationality.

A decade later, people were hounded from their professions for their political beliefs, associations or on the mere suspicion that they’d been tainted by communism.

If the national creed — “All men are created equal” — is ever going to be more than merely aspirational, you need people to stand up/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.