“you are full of crap”
What is your source for this statement? As you say, before you speak to a topic, you should know what you’re talking about. And, what does me being full of crap, whether true or not, have to do with the topic? Possibly, the only connection is your limited ability to express yourself.
In real time, there was recognition of the difference between Japanese citizens (including native-born and naturalized), and non-citizen residents.
For example, from the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America
“Japanese Legionnaires [WWI veterans] meet in internment camps.” Detroit Evening Times, Sept. 2, 1942, p. 18
(This article was very sympathetic to those who were interned.)
and from a Time magazine retrospective:
” ... neither side presents an accurate picture of the Japanese American detention—or the Supreme Court’s response ... “
https://time.com/4578616/japanese-internment-debate/
The distinction of citizens from aliens is to be found in the Supreme Court case, Korematsu v. United States. This decision was later overturned on the (narrow) grounds that the government withheld information from the court.
Because of this injustice (the government withholding information), compensation was awarded.
Importantly, the principle in the Supreme Court decision was not overturned, viz., that in grave enough circumstances the government could remove citizens of a particular heritage from vital areas.
My FIL was the founder of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
Most of those put in camp (over 200,000) were American citizens (Nisei) - not Issei.
They could only take to camp what they could carry. Many lost everything else.
Those from Terminal Island even had their houses razed to the ground by our government while they were interred.
Many of the Japanese-Americans in camp volunteered for the US Army, and most of those became part of the segregated 100/442nd Combat Infantry Battalion.
The 100/442nd was the most decorated American unit in US history. Their motto was "Go For Broke", since they were seeking to prove their allegiance to the US. This is the same battalion that rescued the Texas Lost Battalion in the Vosges mountains - when previous Allied attempts had failed.
Upon departure from Internment camps, each family was given $20 and a one-way ticket to their destination.
There were very, very few "no no boys" who answered no to questions 27 and 28 of the "loyalty questions" they were forced to fill out in camp. Those answering no were primarily upset at their very own country for disowning them and treating them like garbage.
Each family in camp was put in a one-room plywood barrack with one bare lightbulb in the middle. Their "beds" were burlap bags stuffed with straw. Latrines, showers, and kitchens were communal. There was no concept of privacy.
These people were not "the enemy", as FDR so traitorously made it look.
There was no excuse for those internment camps. None.