President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment. All Japanese Americans were to be excluded from the entire pacific coast and into the internment camps. In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that apologized
for the internment. The legislation said that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of
political leadership".
for the internment. The legislation said that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of
political leadership".