Before World War II there were many Japanese immigrants moving to the United States of America. Many of them lived on the West Coast to become farmers. Then, on December 7, 1941, every American's view of the Japanese changed. After the Pearl Harbor bombings, many Americans believed that Japanese living in America had something to do with the bombings, this led to Japanese living on the West Coast being transferred to Japanese-American internment camps. The residents of these camps lost many of their human rights while living in these camps. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, many Americans thought that Japanese living on the West Coast helped the Japanese bomb the Pearl Harbor naval base. Immediately after the attacks, more than fifteen hundred Americans of Japanese origin were arrested on espionage charges. “The attack on Pearl Harbor heightened long-standing anti-Asian sentiment among many Americans living along the West Coast of the United States” (“Japanese Internment Camps”). Many citizens have wondered how the Army was caught unprepared when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. When this bombing occurred people thought that the Japanese would soon attack the west coast. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, having been warned that it would be unconstitutional to sign the order. John L. Dewitt, a lieutenant general, declared that the Japanese were an enemy race. With all the hatred that American citizens had towards the Japanese residents, this led Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066. With this signing, Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to remove all Japanese residents from the West Coast. “According to this order, the military… middle of paper… was against his rights. He went to the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Seattle and told agents he had no choice but to reject the evacuation orders. Hirabayashi was convicted of intentionally violating the evacuation and curfew orders given by De Witt. The third case to reach the Supreme Court involved a 23-year-old welder living in San Leandro, California. The welder's name was Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu. It wasn't intended to be a test case. He lived with his Caucasian girlfriend. Korematsu believed that by living with his fiancée he would not be recognized as Japanese American. He was then arrested by local police for remaining in a military area while evacuation orders were in effect. When the case reached the Supreme Court, the Court upheld Korematsu's conviction saying it was the same as the Hirabayashi case.