No. Ike was not president when the Japanese-Americans were interned: Franklin Roosevelt was, and he did authorize it. He also authorized interning German-Americans and Italian-Americans - many in Montana, and many in Texas. I do not know why we do not hear about these interned citizens.
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FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) signed a executive order that would put the Japanese Americans (most were loyal to the US, actually) in the internment camps.
Executive Order 9066 .
President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment with Executive Order 9066 .
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Franklin Roosevelt by Executive Order 9066.
They were opened persuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by Franklin Roosevelt on 19 February 1942. Many Americans were concerned about further further activities by what they wrongly felt were enemies. It was a form of national hysteria.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II due to fears of espionage and sabotage following the attack on Pearl Harbor. This decision was influenced by widespread racial prejudice and wartime hysteria, leading to the belief that Japanese Americans posed a security threat. Ultimately, around 120,000 individuals were forcibly relocated to internment camps, despite the lack of evidence supporting these fears. The internment remains a controversial chapter in U.S. history, underscoring issues of civil liberties and racial discrimination.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II through Executive Order 9066, issued on February 19, 1942. This order allowed military authorities to designate certain areas as exclusion zones, leading to the forced relocation and internment of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens. The decision was largely driven by wartime hysteria and unfounded fears of espionage and sabotage following the attack on Pearl Harbor.