Editing Executive Order 9066 (section)

== Life after the camps ==
In the years after the war, the interned Japanese Americans had to rebuild their lives after having suffered heavy personal losses. United States citizens and long-time residents who had been incarcerated lost their liberties. Many also lost their homes, businesses, property, and savings. Individuals born in Japan were not allowed to become naturalized US citizens until after the passage of the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952]], which canceled the [[Immigration Act of 1924]] and reinstated the legality of immigration from Japan into the US.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rebuilding a Community {{!}} Japanese {{!}} Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History {{!}} Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/rebuilding-a-community/ |access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>

Many Japanese Americans hoped they would be going back to their homes, but soon realized that all of their possessions that they could carry with them were seized by the government. In place of their homes, the Federal government provided trailers in some areas for returning Japanese Americans.<ref name="National WWII Museum"/> The populous Asian American community prior to the incarceration drastically decreased as many felt there was no life to go back to, choosing to start over somewhere else.<ref name="National WWII Museum" /> With the residual effects of being incarcerated without committing a crime, the Japanese American community experienced strong trauma and continuing racism from their fellow Americans.<ref name="Nagata-2019">{{Cite journal |last1=Nagata |first1=Donna K. |last2=Kim |first2=Jacqueline H. J. |last3=Wu |first3=Kaidi |date=January 2019 |title=The Japanese American wartime incarceration: Examining the scope of racial trauma. |journal=American Psychologist |language=en |volume=74 |issue=1 |pages=36–48 |doi=10.1037/amp0000303 |issn=1935-990X |pmc=6354763 |pmid=30652898}}</ref> Though they did receive redress of $20,000 per surviving incarcerate, many Japanese Americans feared increased [[xenophobia]] and a minimizing of the trauma that the Japanese community endured during the WWII incarceration.<ref name="Nagata-2019" /> Managing the wrongs committed to their community, Japanese Americans slowly managed to overcome their community's criminalization and incarceration and came to recognize February 19, the day President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, as a National Day of Remembrance for Americans to reflect on the events that took place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=February 18, 2022 |title=Day Of Remembrance Of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/02/18/day-of-remembrance-of-japanese-american-incarceration-during-world-war-ii/ |access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref>