1942: THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT

The relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
It was declared that all people of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the entire Pacific coast, including all of California and most of Oregon and Washington.
In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the exclusion orders, while noting that the provisions that singled out people of Japanese ancestry were a separate issue outside the scope of the proceedings. The United States Census Bureau assisted the internment efforts by providing confidential neighborhood information on Japanese Americans. The Bureau's role was denied for decades but was finally proven in 2007.
In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed legislation which apologized for the internment on behalf of the U.S. government. The legislation said that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership". The U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $1.6 billion in reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned and also to their heirs.

Many Japanese Americans became increasingly depressed, and overcome with feelings of helplessness and personal insecurity, some died or suffered for lack of medical care.
The loss of homes, property, and belongings, as well as the loss of social/community standing, dignity, a sense of belonging, etc.
Separation of extended families and communities.

Victims had to cope with displacement, separation of families/communities, starting over again with next to nothing. Many had little to nothing of their former lives to go back to.
Racial enmity/discrimination against Japanese-Americans, in some cases lasted long after the end of the war.