Public Law 100-383, called the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, acknowledged "the fundamental injustice of the evacuation, relocation, and internment" of people of Japanese ancestry during World World II.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Law and legislation
Executive Order 9102 signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 18, 1942 established a War Relocation Authority to "provide for the removal from designated areas of persons whose removal is necessary in the interests of national security." The War...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Law and legislation
