In the early 1940s, the United States was filled with emotion as it had just joined the great and bloody Second World War. Many Americans blamed this on the Japanese for the bombing of Pearl Harbor, causing more racism and suspicion toward Japanese Americans living in the United States. On February 19, 1492, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the internment of Japanese in the United States. The internment of the Japanese was an immoral and unconstitutional order, this order was only necessary to assuage the fear of the American people, and the Japanese Americans affected by this order were harmed emotionally, physically and economically by the effects of this order. tragic and racist motion from the United States government. The internment of the Japanese was an incredibly immoral order that violated the rights and well-being of human beings. Most of the Japanese Americans who were labeled "threats to society" were mostly average, law-abiding human beings who were only in the United States to pursue their own American dream and get the best life for themselves and their families. . Approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps. 62% of them were full-fledged U.S. citizens, many of whom were born in the United States (War Relocation Authority). If these people actually did the great work required to become citizens of the United States, they clearly cared about their country and felt patriotism so as not to be seen as a threat to American society. Furthermore, it was morally wrong to intern innocent people. citizens and human beings simply because of their ethnic origin. We have absolutely no right to judge the int......middle of paper......IMPACT ON HEALTH." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. February 16, 2012.The, CN "Construction and Destruction: Japanese American Internment." Asian-Nation. 2012. Web. February 15, 2012. Ostgaard, Kolleen, Chris Smart, Tom McGuire, Madeline Lanz, and Timothy A. Hodsen. "Violated Rights of Japanese Americans." Program Internment of Japanese Americans. California State Legislature, May 2, 2000. Web. February 7, 2012. “Relocation and Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.” World War II: 1948." Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. National Archives and Records Administration. Web. February 7, 2012. Warren, Earl. “Japanese internment.” American History of the United States. Web. February 17. 2012. .