Read the excerpt below from Interview with Marielle Tsukamoto and answer the question that follows. First, I would want everyone to know that all of us, the American citizens born in this country as well as our grandparents and parents who originally came from Japan were innocent of any wrong. We were loyal Americans. The FBI and military investigated all persons of Japanese ancestry and found we were loyal Americans. There was no single incident of any hint of treason or wrong. Which sentence states the main idea?
The first sentence states the central point: people of Japanese ancestry were innocent and loyal Americans. The other sentences support this idea by describing the investigations and the lack of evidence of wrongdoing. Therefore, the main idea is stated in “first sentence.”
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