japanese internment
...his authority was created in order to create the assembly centers, relocation centers and the camps. The Executive order was carried out in April 1942 and the Japanese Americans were forced into camps all over inland areas in the west such as Arizona, California and Utah. These harsh camps were maintained until March 1946 when President Roosevelt rescinded the Order. For a period of two years, these people were imprisoned as a result of mere suspicion. Many other Japanese Americans who tried to enlist in the Coast guard and the Army were denied because of their race. Many individuals fought their convictions of being spies for the enemy and even took their cases to the Supreme Court. One individual named Fred Korematsu fought his case in 1944 to the Supreme Court but was still denied protection by the Constitution. After being released from his internment camp in 1945, his criminal record made it difficult for him and many other Japanese Americans to get jobs. After many appeals to the Supreme Court by many other people like Korematsu, his case was finally reopened in 1983. A federal court judge found that the government had hidden evidence and lied to the Supreme Court during his appeals in the past. The federal judge found that the accusations of being a threat to the American society were false, removing his criminal record, after 40 years of appealing, individuals such as Korematsu were finally acknowledged with their constitutional rights. In 1990 President George Bush wrote a delayed letter of apology to those Japanese Americans who were interned during World War II. Now all over the United States many Muslims and Arab Americans are being arrested because of suspic...