12022-01-27T19:10:12+00:00Jessica Bocinskia602570e86f7a6936e40ab07e0fddca6eccf4e9b1565Issued 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, 1942stephanie takaragawa1d2e1252301aeca0fbea50c7dc35d44249a1e1f1On 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.
