In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a mandate for the internment of Japanese Americans in response to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. This mandate to establish internment camps was not passed through Congress, but came directly from President Roosevelt, making it which type of executive action?

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The description given in the question fits the definition of an executive order, which is a directive issued by the President that manages operations of the federal government and has the force of law. Executive agreements are treaties made by the President with foreign leaders, executive overreach refers to actions that exceed the President's constitutional authority, and executive mandate is not a common term in political discourse.