Argumentative Essay On Japanese American Internment

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On February 119, 1942, after world war two President Roosevelt declared that the Japanese people are forced to be sent to internment camp. About 120,000 Japanese-Americans were sent to these camps by force. These camps were similar to prisons, the Japanese-Americans were forced to be sent to an area where it’s all fenced in with barbed wire so they never even have a chance to leave. They made these camps for the Japanese because they were sure that Japanese-American had a shy that would help the Japanese after the war. They didn’t want anything to happen to America so they imprisoned them. In this essay I will be against this act. It was wrong to sent about 120,000 to an internment camps because, they had no evidence that Japanese-America was disloyal or spys at all, they helped them during the war and sacrificed their lives to fight with them, and they sent families including children, to this camp. …show more content…
Henry Steele Commager stated “It is sobering to recall that the record does not disclose a single case of Japanese disloyalty or sabotage during the whole war.” This determines why sending the Japanese-American to the internment is bad because they don’t have real evidence or proof on why they should. The Japanese-American are just sending them based on assuming. This to me personally, thinks President Roosevelt made this act because of racism or just wanting to enclose the

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