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Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation: Paragraph 4 (Sentence 10) Summary

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  • FDR instructs the rest of the federal government to assist the secretary of war and the Department of War in carrying out tasks specific to the military areas—like forcibly removing families from their established lives because of racism (which is terrible).
  • Of course, the text doesn't actually say that stuff about tearing innocent families away from their lives—we're guessing that wouldn't have gone over quite as well.