The Executive Order 9066 forced Japanese and United States citizens of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast to pack their personal belongings with a few days’ notice and move to internment camps across the country. They were sent to deserted and barren areas in California, Colorado or Arkansas.
Today, history is repeating itself. Recent events involving racial and religious profiling, such as the Muslim ban and the separation of undocumented children from their families at the United States borders, seem to recall that unfortunate time.