March 21, 1942

injustice

Public Law 503 Enacted

Congress passed Public Law 503, making it a federal crime to violate military exclusion orders and giving legal force to the removal authorized by Executive Order 9066. (Shares Mar 21 with the opening of Manzanar.)

Sources

  1. archives.gov archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation
  2. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Public_Law_503

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