12022-01-27T19:10:12+00:00Executive Order 90665Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland.plain2022-10-20T18:49:42+00:00February 19, 1942On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans. The document ordered the forced removal of resident "enemy aliens" from the west coast of the United States, designated as Military Zones 1 and 2. Full Text of Order at the National Archives.
