In this executive order FDR gave the Secretary of war the ability to declare specific areas as military locations. FDR wanted to prevent foreign espionage and corruption in the United States during wartime. This was an order to allow the creation of the concentration camps for Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
On March 9, 1942, Roosevelt signed Public Law 503 (approved after only an hour of discussion in the Senate and thirty minutes in the House) in order to provide for the enforcement of his executive order.
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