On March 18, 1942, the War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created by Executive Order 9066. The WRA generated ten permanent camps that would relocate Japanese Americans and alien residents to camps that would be their prisons until March 1946. The Japanese Americans that were affected were Nisei, Issei, and Kibei. Because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans believed that anyone with Japanese ancestry was dangerous. Although they were American citizens and should have been protected under the Constitution, they were not. The Japanese Americans were not given a trial before being found guilty - just by being Japanese made them the culprits. Despite being wrongfully contained in concentration camps, most of the Japanese people complied with what they were being told. Many fought valiantly for the Allies during World War II - even as their families were being held in U.S. internment camps. The Constitution should have protected the Japanese American people from being forced into internment
On March 18, 1942, the War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created by Executive Order 9066. The WRA generated ten permanent camps that would relocate Japanese Americans and alien residents to camps that would be their prisons until March 1946. The Japanese Americans that were affected were Nisei, Issei, and Kibei. Because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans believed that anyone with Japanese ancestry was dangerous. Although they were American citizens and should have been protected under the Constitution, they were not. The Japanese Americans were not given a trial before being found guilty - just by being Japanese made them the culprits. Despite being wrongfully contained in concentration camps, most of the Japanese people complied with what they were being told. Many fought valiantly for the Allies during World War II - even as their families were being held in U.S. internment camps. The Constitution should have protected the Japanese American people from being forced into internment