Why? Read read the sections titled "Historical Context" and "After Pearl Harbor" in this article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment
In 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the internment was Constitutional. I doubt if a modern court would make the same decision.
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Japanese Internment
When President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, he authorized the evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast.
Why was this done???
Was it constitutional???
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