I can easily demonstrate the ignorance of Rep. Coble's thinking. Despite the orders of West Coast Commander, General deWitt, the Commander on Hawaii NEVER interred all of the Japanese-Americans in the islands. 90% of the carpenters he needed to rebuilt the military facilities were Nissei. The General on Hawaii offered reason after reason why he could not intern them (mostly lack of transport to the Mainland)
At the end of the war, those on Hawaii were still free. NONE of those interned on the Mainland was ever convicted of any crime of espionage or sabotage. On the other hand, a few German-Americans and Italian-Americans (who were not interred) were so convicted.
Even on Hawaii, where the animus against "Japanese" was obviously the strongest, none of the backlash that Rep. Coble talks about, occurred. He is wrong, wrong, WRONG.
Congressman Billybob
Hawaii was put under martial law right after Pearl Harbor, and remained under strict military rule for the duration of the war. Thus, conditions were not the same as on the West Coast, which was not under martial law.