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Throughout the 19th century Japanese Americans had fluctuations, but the most unacceptable one was being put in internment camps unfairly. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Americans seemed to be getting attacked by the Americans. The Americans suspected that the Japanese Americans were associated with the adversary and being disloyal to the U.S. There was a speculation of the Japanese Americans giving out information about the U.S. military, but was never proven. Americans and the government were fearful about their new complication, and they all required immediate action. President Roosevelt then issued the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The Executive Order demanded the immediate evacuation of Japanese Americans with the excuse of “military necessity”. The quick decision of the government violated the rights of the Japanese Americans, and resulted in racial discrimination against them. The government did not have the right to intern many Japanese Americans because of their race. Many claimed that the Japanese Americans were a threat to the U.S., when …show more content…
government. Japanese had to leave, but the government had to pay for the internment camp and their necessities. The government had a huge financial loss, it had to provide them with food, and where to sleep. They had to feed approximately more than 28 million meals for Japanese Americans from March 1942 to November 1945. The cost of the meals were more than 3 million dollars. Most of the money they used came from American citizens, which is ironic since they didn't want Japanese Americans near them,but they had to pay the cost. It also caused the troops to suffer lack of soldiers for the wars. Many of the soldiers were used to guard the Japanese internment camp, which were in very harsh conditions. The people were treated like prisoners rather than relocated citizens under the government's

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