Japanese Internment Approximately 120,000 Japanese American citizens were kept captive during World War II because consisting of Japanese ancestry. Without any substantial evidence, Japanese Americans were convicted of staying faithful to Japan, their hereditary land. Americans became very skeptical resulting into an Anti-Japanese Paranoia. Citizens of Japanese ancestry troubled them and viewed them as a threat because they believed that they could be spies feeding the enemy government information. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066. This ordered the evacuation and Relocation in the West Coast of all Americans with Japanese ancestry to report to designated Concentration camps. Including Japanese American veterans who fought in World War I were ordered to evacuate as well. Ten camps were …show more content…
It was necessary because they could have been correct that there were actual Japanese spies informing the Japanese government. According to the article “Japanese-American Relocation” It states that “Japanese Americans were feared as a security risk.”In addition, by not interning them there could have been complete chaos and discrimination between Americans and Japanese due to fear. It was not necessary to imprison the Japanese in remote and isolated areas because they couldn’t be able to farm, life was harsh. The camps also should have had at least decent conditions. Data collected from “Japanese-American Internment” stated that the camps were built in “remote areas of seven western states. Housing was spartan, consisting mainly of tarpaper barracks.” Japanese on their return should have been left without a home because that just caused them overwhelming troubles any human would have