January 14, 1942: President FDR proclaims that aliens from Italy, Germany, and Japan, WWII enemy countries, must register with the United States Department of Justice. They were then issued a Certificate of Identification for Aliens of Enemy Nationality.
February: Beginning of an internment for Japanese Americans
Although a federal report in 1942 that was requested by FRD indicated more than 90% of Japanese Americans were considered loyal citizens, FDR began the stops for possible internment of the Japanese-Americans with influence from agricultural associate, military advisors and influential California politicians.
Proclamation No. 2537 was put into effect: it "permitted the arrest, detention and internment of enemy aliens who violated restricted areas, such as ports, water treatment plants or even areas prone to brush fires, for the duration of the war" (Roosevelt ushers in Japanese-American internment).
February 2,1942: Memorandum from James H. Rowe, Jr. to Grace Tully: Assistant to the Attorney...was the most ardent critic of the proposal to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.
"Please tell the President to keep his eye on the Japanese situation in California. It looks to me like it will explode any day now. There is tremendous public pressure to move all of them out to California -- citizens and aliens -- and no one seems to worry about how or to where. There are about 125,00 of them, and if it happens, it will be one of the great mass exoduses of history. It would probably require suspension of the writ of habra corpus -- and my estimate of the country's present feeling is that we would have another Supreme Court fight on our hands. However, my only point now is to give him some warning. He will be hearing a great deal about it in the next few weeks." (FDR and Japanese American Internment).
1 month later: FDR signed the War Department’s blanket Executive Order 9066 authorizing physical removal of all Japanese Americans into internment camps.
By 1943: 110,000+ Japanese Americans had been physically removed from their homes and moved to internment camps.
WHY IT QUALIFIES FOR IMPEACHMENT:
It violates both the 4th and 5th amendments
Amendment IV: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." (Bill of Rights) Amendment V: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." (Bill of Rights).
This act by Roosevelt is to be considered a high crime because it took the rights away from American citizens whom most, if not all, were innocent.
(FDR and Japanese Internment) (Roosevelt ushers in Japanese-American Internment)