norman wong: i'm a product of these laws. s were never here, i probably would never get born. it's amazing they got this -- that's mom, kimiko takeuchi. stephanie: for the wongs, president trump's executive order also brings back much more recent family history, on their mother's side. >> the beginning of america's war with japan opened very badly for america's navy. stephanie: in the aftermath of the pearl harbor attack, an executive order by president roosevelt authorized the incarceration of more than 70,000 japanese-americans. that included the wongs' mother, who was only 16 years old at the time. she's pictured here with her family waiting for a bus to take them to a detention facility. decades later, the government would apologize and offer survivors reparations. pres. reagan: no payment can make up for those lost years. for here we admit a wrong. here we reaffirm our commitment as a nation to equal justice under the law. stephanie: with a family story rooted in challenges to citizenship, norman wong worries that this st