In December of 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt revoked Executive Order 9066, nearly two and a half years after signing it into order. On January 2nd, 1945, all Japanese internees were allowed to return to their homes. By the end of 1945, all of the camps were closed.
After the closing of the camps, over 5,000 Japanese Americans renounced their American citizenship due to their mistreatment.
The government did not began reparations until 1968, almost twenty- four years after the camps closed. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that gave a tax-free check of 20,000 dollars to each surviving internee. There were nearly 6,000 survivors.
After the closing of the camps, over 5,000 Japanese Americans renounced their American citizenship due to their mistreatment.
The government did not began reparations until 1968, almost twenty- four years after the camps closed. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that gave a tax-free check of 20,000 dollars to each surviving internee. There were nearly 6,000 survivors.
The Japanese faced many hardships upon their return. Due to the short time they were given to pack there belongings, they were only able to take what they needed. Many items left behind had been stolen. Some families had to sell their homes and businesses in order to support themselves while living in the camps, so they had nowhere to return to. The attitudes of Americans towards Japanese had not changed. They still faced the racism that the government claimed they were protecting them from by putting them in the camps. The message "No Japs Wanted" was graffitied onto the homes of internees, as see in the image on the left. Restaurants and storeowners put up signs stating that they would not serve "Japs."