Italian and GermanAmericans were branded "enemy aliens" and were required to carry identification cards. saddled with travel restrictions. had their personal property seized. and placed in internment. For example. 3.200 resident aliens of Italian background were arrested and more than 300 of them were interned. About 11.000 German residentsincluding some naturalized citizenswere arrested and more than 5.000 were interned. Executive Order 9066 was finally rescinded by Gerald Ford on April 19. 1976 and in 1983. the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) concluded that the incarceration of JapaneseAmericans had not been justified by military necessity. Rather. the report determined that the decision to incarcerate was based on "race prejudice. war hysteria. and a failure of political leadership." The Civil Liberties Act of 1988. based on the CWRIC recommendations. was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan and an appropriations bill authorizing reparations to be paid between 1990 and 1998 was signed by George H.W.
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