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Description
The Department of Justice details the restricted areas that an alien cannot enter, reside, or remain. Pursuant of the President's proclamation on December 7th and 8th of 1941, the conduct of aliens of enemy nationalities have been restricted. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Community activities--Travel Identity and values--Japanese American identity Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws Immigration and citizenship--Anti-immigration sentiment World War II--'Enemy Alien' Classification
Place
Washinton, DC
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
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