Census Role in WWII Camps For Japanese Americans

The Census Bureau played a role in the confinement of more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were rounded up and held in internment camps, many until the war ended in 1945. In 1942, the Census turned over general statistics about where Japanese-Americans lived to the War Department. It was acting legally under the Second War Powers Act, which allowed the sharing of information for national security.

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source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-30-census-role_N.htm

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