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Then, as per your statement about German-Americans being interred, we have a problem with definition between and betwixt the two major groups interned. For the purposes of the Japanese internment, anybody of Japanese ancestry, whether they remained as resident aliens, or were naturalized, or even born in the US, both adults and children, were considered as "Japanese" and interred.
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You are still confused. What is the difference between "internment" and "relocation?" One was a time-honored way of dealing with enemy aliens. The other was a specific program of removing Japanese and European Axis individuals away from strategic areas on the coast. One involved small numbers of avowed enemies, the other large numbers of civilians, all of whom had dual citizenship -- all ethnic Japanese were Japanese citizens, a practice Asian governments continue to this day. It was not the US that considered them "Japanese" but the Japanese gov't that did (and just try to become a Japanese citizen as a non-Japanese even today). The Japanese had programs of using local Japanese citizens as propaganda points and as spies, a practice the US was well aware of. There was even a term for the program during the interwar period, but I have forgotten it.
I am not so much justifying the program as explaining that your view of it is wrong (colored by the 50 year Japanese propaganda program) and that there were sound reasons for it.
But I think if we are going to discuss relocation we should move to another thread. Too many controversial topics for one thread!
Vorkosigan