It was signed and issued by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 during World War II. In the order, he authorized the relocation of the Japanese. It authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan.
The Executive order 9066 was issued by President Roosevelt during the World War ll in febuary 1942. It granted the secretary of war the power to declare any area as military area and relocate the people living there. The order was justified owning the reason of protection against esponage and natioal defence. Due to Pear Harbour attack suspicion fell on Japenese Americans, that is why mostly these people were relocated in Western United Sates. They were alowed to carry only whatever they could carry at the moment and rest of their assets were seized by the US Department of Treasury.
