However, after World War II had ended and Japanese-Americans were released from camps and centers where they were held, Earl Warren was vocal in protecting the safety of those who could return to California. Their rights, he declared, should be protected. And in his memoirs he notes that he guilt-ridden by his error in supporting the internment of Japanese-Americans. In fact, he wrote: “I have since deeply regretted the removal order and my own testimony advocating it, because it was not in keeping with our American concept of freedom and the rights of citizens. Whenever I thought of the innocent little children who were torn from home, school friends, and congenial surroundings, I was conscience-stricken. It was wrong to act so impulsively,
