WilmerHale offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM U.S. District Judge Richard Leon indicated Wednesday that it could be “weeks,” not days, before he issued his ruling in ...

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

SEATTLE — Wednesday, Feb. 19, marked a grim anniversary in American history: Eighty-three years ago, an executive order led to the mass incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans. The ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This forced more than 125,000 Japanese Americans take just a small suitcase in hand.

Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of an executive order that led to the involuntary detention of thousands of Japanese-Americans in California and the U.S. as a whole.

Biden didn’t issue Executive Order 9066 and hasn’t ordered $5,000 gift cards be given to migrants. EO 9066 was issued by President Franklin Roosevelt during WWII.