By order of the US government (FDR's Executive Orders 9066 and 9102), they were relocated by law enforcement and military authorities, and guarded by the US Army.
Canada pursued a similar policy, to the extent of classifying Japanese-Canadians as enemy aliens, and removing almost all of them from British Columbia.
Japanese Americans no matter what their stature, because they supposedly were a possible threat.
Citizens of Japan dissent in both Canada and US were interned
Japanese-Americans were forced to relocate into what were essentially concentration camps ~ see related link below .
what was Japanese internment in the united states
American government.
See website: Japanese-American internment
The Japanese
See website: Japanese-American internment camps.
See: Japanese American internment
See website: Japanese-American internment
See: Japanese American internment
See website: Japanese-American internment camps.
See: Japanese American internment camps
They were interned in internment camps.
Japanese American property losses during their wartime internment.
No it was not - they were American citizens who had done nothing wrong. They were not fighting on the Japanese side during the war. The internment was caused by fear and racism.
The Group Sought Compensation For WWII Internment