February 19, 1942
President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 which allows military authorities to exclude anyone from anywhere without trial or hearings. Though the subject of only limited interest at the time, this order set the stage for the entire forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.
President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 which allows military authorities to exclude anyone from anywhere without trial or hearings. Though the subject of only limited interest at the time, this order set the stage for the entire forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.
July 2, 1948
President Truman signs the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act, a measure to compensate Japanese Americans for certain economic losses attributable to their forced evacuation. Although some $28 million was to be paid out through provision of the act, it would be largely ineffective even on the limited scope in which it operated.
In 1976 President GERALD R. FORD formally revoked Executive Order No. 9066 and proclaimed, "We know now what we should have known then—not only was [the] evacuation wrong, but Japanese Americans were and are loyal Americans" (Proclamation No. 4417, 3 C.F.R. 8, 9 [19
Read more: Japanese American Evacuation Cases - The Movement To Redress Victims - Ringle, Americans, Report, Hirabayashi, Korematsu, and Losses http://law.jrank.org/pages/7815/Japanese-American-Evacuation-Cases-Movement-Redress-Victims.html#ixzz1CD3EK8Pe
Read more: Japanese American Evacuation Cases - The Movement To Redress Victims - Ringle, Americans, Report, Hirabayashi, Korematsu, and Losses http://law.jrank.org/pages/7815/Japanese-American-Evacuation-Cases-Movement-Redress-Victims.html#ixzz1CD3EK8Pe
August 10, 1988
H.R. 442 is signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It provides for individual payments of $20,000 to each surviving internee and a $1.25 billion education fund among other provisions.
Feb. 19, 1976
President Gerald Ford issued proclamation NO. 4417 which officially terminated the executive order 9066.
Aug. 10, 1988
Nearly half a century later, on August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that apologized for the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II and established a $1.25 billion trust fund to pay reparations to those who were placed in camps and to their families. All surviving Japanese prisoners were given $20,000 from the US government, as a form of compensation to officially close the chapter for the injustices to the people were were put in the intern camps.
H.R. 442 is signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It provides for individual payments of $20,000 to each surviving internee and a $1.25 billion education fund among other provisions.
Feb. 19, 1976
President Gerald Ford issued proclamation NO. 4417 which officially terminated the executive order 9066.
Aug. 10, 1988
Nearly half a century later, on August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that apologized for the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II and established a $1.25 billion trust fund to pay reparations to those who were placed in camps and to their families. All surviving Japanese prisoners were given $20,000 from the US government, as a form of compensation to officially close the chapter for the injustices to the people were were put in the intern camps.
