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Although the internment of the Japanese was ruled constitutional in 1944, in 1988 the United States apologized for their actions during the war through the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. This act granted reparations to Japanese Americans that were forced to live in Japanese concentration camps during World War II. Each surviving internees was granted $20,000 and a total of 82,219 received a check.

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This Supreme Court case involved the legality of Executive Order 9066 and took place October 11-12, 1944. The Court decided on December 12th of the same year that the internment of the Japanese was constitutional because it helped with preventing espionage during the war. The Court also stated that "compulsory exclusion" is justified during circumstances of "emergency and peril".

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For homes, four to five families would share a tar-papered barrack. Although there was the opportunity for kids to go to school and for people to socialize, there were curfews and limited work opportunities. People also had to eat in common facilities.

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No matter their social class, age or citizenship status, all Japanese were order to assembly centers to their homes. Once there they would be sent to their permanent relocation center, outside of any restricted military zone. In one case in western Washington, internees were to meet at a fair ground and were forced to live there for a few months before they could be transferred to a concentration camp. The internees would be taken to their camp by packing into buses or trains.

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On March 9, 1942, Roosevelt signed Public Law 503 in order to enforce his executive order. The law itself made violations of a military officer a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison and $5,000 in fines. An estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans were evicted from their homes on the West Coast and were held in internment camps.

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Map of Japanese Internment Camps in the U.S.

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Map of Japanese Internment Camps in the U.S.

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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6066.  This order allowed the Secretary of War to  dictate a certain area as a military zone.  This cleared the way for the internment of Americans of Japanese decent that were living on the Pacific Coast.  There was a fear that Japanese Americans would act a spies for Japan during the war and that is why the executive order was signed.