To begin with, The executive order of 9066 allowed the military to detain Japanese citizens and to expel them if necessary. The following was the evacuation of nearly 120,000 Japanese citizens from their homes on the West Coast. On December 7, 1941, hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the FBI rounded-up 1,291 Japanese communities and religious leaders, arresting them without evidence. Then they were transferred to the …show more content…
Those who were summoned to the control station had to register the names of all of their family members. Then, they were told to show up at a certain time and place with their entire family. They could only bring along baggage that was carried by hand for a trip to a destination unknown. All family names were replaced by a number. They lost their identity once numbers replaced their names. Families had less than 2 weeks to lease their property or sell everything. All Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants started to feel humiliated and were in