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Internment of Japanese Americans
Homeland Security
The Government cited national security as justification for policy 9066
Violated essential constitutional rights of the Japanese Americans
Office of Naval Intelligence
Conducted surveillance on Japanese Americans since the 1930s
Federal Bureau of Investigation
After Pearl Harbour
The 2 agencies + Army's G-2 intelligence unit
Arrested over 3,000 suspects subversive
1/2 Japanese descent
Remaining Japanese American population
did not pose a significant threat to national security
Economic Factors
Policy relocation + internment
Japanese American Farmers
grew 40%
California's produce
Some farmers supported the policy
Means of removing competition
Farmers removed from their land
forced to sell their properties
Permitted to take minimal possessions with them
When relocated
Personal goods were often lost too
Usually at a loss
Around $500 million estimated
President Roosevelt
Anti-japanese suspicion and fear
Racism
"One of the largest controlled migrations in history"
War Relocation Authority, 1942
"One of the most shameful act committed by the United States government this century"
Fueled by fear
Domestic sabotage
They believed every Japanese or descendant of them would turn against the U.S
"Our government had in its possession proof that not one Japanese American, citizen or not, had engaged in espionage, not one had committed any act of sabotage"
Proved that they weren't turning against anyone
The Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians gave the causes of evacuation and mass incarceration
"Were motivated by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership"
Effects on the political aspect as well
President Roosevelt by signing the 9066 executive order
Caused by the previous incident on Pearl Harbour
"A date which will live in infamy"
Perception of "public danger"
All Japanese within varied distances from the Pacific coast were targeted
"Despite this redress, the mental and physical health impacts of the trauma of the internment experience continue to affect tens of thousands of Japanese Americans"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Signed executive order 9066
February 19, 1942
Authorized the military to circumvent constitutional rights
American citizens
In the name of national defense
Internment of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry
50% childres
Forced to leave their homes + jobs
Wihout due process of law
70% U.S citizens