Internment of Japanese Americans Asset
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The internment of Japanese Americans was unconstitutional because there was no fair procedure used to decide who should be relocated to the interment camps, which contradicts United State’s citizen’s rights according to the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment states that no “person…[shall] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…” The Japanese were deprived of Liberty without a due process of law, violating the Fifth Amendment. Also, according Article one section nine of the Constitution, “the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety require it.” The privilege of writ habeas corpus should not have been suspended because there were no cases of rebellion or any threats to public safety. The internment of Japanese Americans was justified as a national security problem in a time of war when it was really executed because of mass hysteria, racism, and bad executive judgment. For example “The Ringle Report drafted by the Office of Naval Intelligence…concluded that most Japanese Americans were not a national security threat.” However it was withheld as not to undermine the decision to intern the Japanese. The Japanese were interned also because ignorant people such as “Major Karl Bendetsen and Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt, head of the Western Command, questioned
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The internment of Japanese Americans was unconstitutional because there was no fair procedure used to decide who should be relocated to the interment camps, which contradicts United States citizens rights according to the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment states that no person[shall] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law The Japanese were deprived of Liberty without a due process of law, violating the Fifth Amendment.Also, according Article one section nine of the Constitution, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety require it. The privilege of writ habeas corpus should not have been suspended because there were no cases of rebellion or any threats to public safety. The internment of Japanese Americans was justified as a national security problem in a time of war when it was really executed because of mass hysteria, racism, and bad executive judgment. For example The Ringle Report drafted by the Office of Naval Intelligenceconcluded that most Japanese Americans were not a national security threat. However it was withheld as not to undermine the decision to intern the Japanese. The Japanese were interned also because ignorant people such as Major Karl Bendetsen and Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt, head of the Western Command, questioned Japanese-American loyalty and made claims that a jap is a jap, and that they are a dangerous element, even though the FBI concluded that there was no security threat.German and Italian Americans were not treated the same way because they fitted in better with the Anglo-Saxons and were not racially discriminated against. During the war the Japanese were depicted as cruel, vile, evil, and truly despicable creatures. The Death March darkened Americas view of the Japanese even further.In conclusion, executive order 9066 was unconstitutional and unnecessary because the Japanese Americans interned did not endanger public safety or national security. They were treated different than German and Italian Americans because the American government and people racially discriminated them against.
