EXHIBIT AT ELLIS ISLAND RECALLS JAPANESE-AMERICAN ORDEAL.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

NEW YORK A record of the shameful treatment of Japanese-Americans by their adopted country during World War II has been brought to the halls of Ellis Island, once the portal to the New World for millions of immigrants.

The exhibit--which focuses on how 120,000 West Coast citizens and permanent residents were imprisoned without trial on the basis of race--also includes a look at a …