A massive amount of people were forced to leave their property and lives behind to spend two and a half years suffering in internment camps. These years consisted of torturous living conditions and dangerous lifestyles. The worst part is they hadn’t done anything to deserve it and they were placed in these camps by the country that promised them freedom and protection. 110,000 people, citizens, immigrants, adults, children, and infants, were all placed in these internment camps by the country they were born into and did not receive a single bit of leniency.
In signing Executive Order 9066, FDR, who was president of the United States at the time, violated the Constitution by taking various citizen rights. When the Japanese were …show more content…
Since he felt that his arrest was unjustified, he appealed his conviction. He argued that the government had not the power to pass the relocation orders and that he was being discriminated against for his race. In October of 1944, his appeal was taken to the Supreme Court and his conviction was upheld by a ruling of 6-3. Justice Hugo Black, who was writing for the majority, wrote "pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antagonism never can." [1] By saying this, he was stating that the protection of the United States was the prime concern over the individual rights of the Japanese Americans and the relocation was just because the nation was in a time of "emergency and peril." Justices Owen Roberts, Robert Jackson and Frank Murphy opposed to the majority. "Justice Frank murphy harshly criticized both the majority and military order, writing that the internment of the Japanese was based upon 'the disinformation, half truths and insinuations that for years have been directed against Japanese Americans by people with racial and economic prejudices.'" [2] In 1983, years after the Supreme …show more content…
The environment was dangerous and inhumane. The housing conditions were similar to prisons and were insufficient. (what do you mean by insufficient) They lived in crowded barracks behind barbed wire and surrounded by guard towers. '''One internee at Manzanar, California recalled: "They used cheap pine wood. The knots would fall off so we could see in the neighbor's room, and we could hear the shocking sound of voices, complaining, arguing bitterly. ...and I couldn't shut it out."' [5] Not even the housing they were provided with was well conditioned. There was also privacy issues because the apartments were separated by partitions that did not extend all the way up to the ceiling. They were supplied with only minimum living essentials for decent living. Due to the fact that these internment camps were located in desert lands and the construction quality was inadequate, the inhabitants of them had to manage living with extreme heat and severe cold. Many internees lost their lives for poor health and excessive stress. This also lead to many of those who were relocated to become depressed. In some cases, internees committed
In signing Executive Order 9066, FDR, who was president of the United States at the time, violated the Constitution by taking various citizen rights. When the Japanese were …show more content…
Since he felt that his arrest was unjustified, he appealed his conviction. He argued that the government had not the power to pass the relocation orders and that he was being discriminated against for his race. In October of 1944, his appeal was taken to the Supreme Court and his conviction was upheld by a ruling of 6-3. Justice Hugo Black, who was writing for the majority, wrote "pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antagonism never can." [1] By saying this, he was stating that the protection of the United States was the prime concern over the individual rights of the Japanese Americans and the relocation was just because the nation was in a time of "emergency and peril." Justices Owen Roberts, Robert Jackson and Frank Murphy opposed to the majority. "Justice Frank murphy harshly criticized both the majority and military order, writing that the internment of the Japanese was based upon 'the disinformation, half truths and insinuations that for years have been directed against Japanese Americans by people with racial and economic prejudices.'" [2] In 1983, years after the Supreme …show more content…
The environment was dangerous and inhumane. The housing conditions were similar to prisons and were insufficient. (what do you mean by insufficient) They lived in crowded barracks behind barbed wire and surrounded by guard towers. '''One internee at Manzanar, California recalled: "They used cheap pine wood. The knots would fall off so we could see in the neighbor's room, and we could hear the shocking sound of voices, complaining, arguing bitterly. ...and I couldn't shut it out."' [5] Not even the housing they were provided with was well conditioned. There was also privacy issues because the apartments were separated by partitions that did not extend all the way up to the ceiling. They were supplied with only minimum living essentials for decent living. Due to the fact that these internment camps were located in desert lands and the construction quality was inadequate, the inhabitants of them had to manage living with extreme heat and severe cold. Many internees lost their lives for poor health and excessive stress. This also lead to many of those who were relocated to become depressed. In some cases, internees committed