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There were approx 130000 Japanese at the relocation camps.
According to Quartz, a lot of it was about money. When many Japanese moved to the US, they set up in California and became farmers. They were incredibly successful: in spite of laws limiting their rights to buy land, the National Archives says they still produced more than 10 percent of the state’s crops. White farmers suddenly found themselves with some serious competition and, well, it’s best we let people speak for themselves sometimes, so let’s share what Austin Anson, head of the Salinas Vegetable Grower-Shipper Association had to say about Japanese farmers:

“We’re charged with wanting to get rid of the Japs for selfish reasons. We might as well be honest. We do. [...] They came into this valley to work and stayed to take over. [...] And we do not want them back when the war ends, either

The Japanese were not interred so their farms could be given to white farmers. Maybe after the war, it became about money. Many Japanese farmers in CA were known to be excellent farmers. The guys who took over had the land, but maybe not the techniques. Given the sinful nature of humans, it is not surprising that the beneficiaries of the political internment did not want them to return to what was rightfully theirs.

What always bothered me about the internment was that these Japanese were citizens and denied due process - interred just for being Japanese. It appears that is something the demonkkkkraps still do, denial of due process, and our politically dependent courts are in on it for a long time.