BTW, only those who were connected to the big shots in Japan (like the Emperor) were interned and only temporarily. And the camps weren’t run like prison camps. I’ve worked in some of those places under harsher conditions (cbt. engr.—cbt. type training).
Sorry, that is BS. My father went to dental school with a guy whose family was interred. His father was a nobody - just a dentist, and they were interred for the duration. Oh, and they (citizens all) had to sell all of their belongings in 3 days - you can imagine the price they got compared to actual value.
These people were completely loyal, and they were royally screwed over because of their looks. One of the worst injustices ever perpetrated in this country by the government (treatment of the various Indian tribes being far worse, and over a far longer period of time) - and Scalia is right, it'll likely happen again. Except that this time it won't be an ethnic group, it'll be those that dare to oppose tyranny even by uttering the word "Constitution" at the wrong time. I, for example, will likely be on the list just for my tagline (and I'm sure that there are more reasons, but that alone will likely be enough).
For those that condemn Scalia for mentioning this, consider that maybe he was warning us. Consider also that if he is still alive at the time of such an event, he'll likely be killed, imprisoned or forced to resign because of "bad health" (which is to say that his family will be threatened). The good Justice knows which way the wind is blowing, and he wants to be remembered for being out there with his middle finger proudly raised.
HUH!!!!!!!!!!! BS
My secretary graduated high school at Manzanar and her husband was at Tule Lake. neither family connected to anyone. Second generation Americans.
When the J-As were taken from Florin by Sacramento they were mostly farmers. They were given 24 hours to grab a suitcase.
At the Smithsonian they had an exhibit of the interment camps with a photo of the Florin reunion from the 30s. My secretary is in that photo. It was a panoramic crowd shot of them all standing out in the field. She had that photo on her desktop at work.
When they got reparations, her family got $20-30,000 each; her, her husband and her mother who was still alive. Their land was valued at $1.1 million at the time, but not theirs since the day they were sent away.
If you think they were interred for their connections or some other nefarious reason, you don’t know what the hell you’re taking about.
Something like 110,000 were interned. You're saying they were all big shots?
...and only temporarily.
Till early 1945.