Unsurprisingly, Japanese Americans did not commit any acts of treason or sabotage throughout the entirety of World War II. Thus, on December 17, 1944, President Roosevelt announced the end of the incarnation and exclusion of the Japanese Americans. Although the Japanese Americans were allowed to return home, many had lost their homes and businesses and continued to encounter prejudice on the West Coast.
On July 31, 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) was established to investigate the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II and it concluded:
On July 31, 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) was established to investigate the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II and it concluded:
“the promulgation of Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity, and the decisions which followed from it-detention, ending detention, and ending exclusion-were not driven by analysis of military conditions. The broad historical causes which shaped these decisions were race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”
Through the advocacy and leadership of prominent Japanese Americans, the federal government eventually recognized that they violated Japanese-Americans’ civil rights; and the government initiated steps to monetarily compensate these internees and ensure this could never re-occur.