COMMISSION ON WARTIME RELOCATION AND INTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS

Washington, D.C. • August 10, 1988 On this date in 1988 U.S. President Ronald Regan signed into law the Civil Liber­ties Act of 1988. Regan’s signa­ture corrected a wrong that occurred when another Amer­i­can pres­i­dent, Franklin D. Roose­velt, issued Exec­u­tive Order 9066. The Febru­ary 19, 1942, order directly led to the exile and incar­cer­a­tion of more…