Many Americans support Trump's immigration order. Many Americans backed Japanese internment camps...

[DonViejo]

Many Americans support Trump’s immigration order. Many Americans backed Japanese internment camps, too.

By Steven White February 2 at 5:00 AM

On Jan. 27, President Trump signed an executive order temporarily prohibiting visa holders and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States, as well as halting the admission of refugees. Many critics describe the order as effectively a partial Muslim ban, and the American Civil Liberties Union argues it is likely unconstitutional.

Recent polling, however, indicates that at least a plurality of Americans see no problem with it. A Reuters/Ipsos survey found that 49 percent of Americans agreed with Trump’s executive order, while 41 percent disagreed and 10 percent offered no opinion.

This is not the first time that government policies restricting the civil liberties of minority groups have been supported by many Americans. Japanese internment during World War II is one such example. In February 1942, a little over two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which was titled “Authorizing the Secretary of War To Prescribe Military Areas.”

Much as Trump’s executive order does not actually contain the word “Muslim,” Roosevelt’s executive order did not include the word “Japanese.” However, the result of the order was that more than 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry — the majority of whom were U.S. citizens — were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in government camps.

In the midst of a war waged partially against the Japanese Empire, a large number of Americans supported such actions. In December 1942, for example, a Gallup survey asked whether “the Japanese who were moved inland from the Pacific coast should be allowed to return to the Pacific coast when the war is over.” Just 35 percent of Americans said that those in the internment camps should be allowed to return to their homes in the war’s aftermath. Of the 48 percent that said they should not be allowed to return, 63 percent wanted to “send them back to Japan” or “put them out of this country,” while 7 percent said just to kill them.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Many Americans have never read the constitution or the bill of rights. nt

[Lithos]

2. The issue is people do not understand the fallout

We all want to stop "bad people" from coming in - except the process which tries to do this has huge fallout and damaging precedent which is unacceptable. Means do not justify the ends, though people are unaware this is occurring.

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[braddy]

3. J. Edgar Hoover opposed FDR on internment, but without success.