The goal of the Civil Liberties Act is not to repay internees for physical losses or damages. Rather. it seeks to make amends for their unlawful imprisonment. More than onehalf of the men. women. and children put in the internment camps were American citizens by birth. The remainder were permanent residents who had lived in the United States for up to 40 years. but were unable to become citizens due to the Oriental Exclusion Act. Internees. who were mainly teachers. businessmen. and farmers. and their families. had as little as 48 hours to settle their accounts and pack only the possessions which they could carry before being shipped to detention camps by armed soldiers. The U.S.
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