[Fiji Hill]

The alternative to internment was martial law- a more general and an inaccurate response to the threat.

What threat did Americans of Japanese ancestry pose?

[GeronL]

Some Japanese in Hawaii were spying for Japan, and some of them had more loyalty to the emperor than the US. Might not have been very many though, I wouldn’t know.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

What threat did Americans of Japanese ancestry pose?

You are need to look at them they way they tended to look at themselves to understand.

They were not Americans of Japanese ancestry they were Japanese who were born in the Japanese Colonies that happen to be on American soil.

They were all either Japanese or Duel Citizens.

Was it nice? No.

Was it necessary?

Probably.

They were colonist.