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Why were the Japanese placed in internment camps during WW2?

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Many Americans worried that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies or saboteurs for the Japanese government. Fear — not evidence — drove the U.S. to place over 127,000 Japanese-Americans in concentration camps for the duration of WWII. Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.

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The Pearl Harbor bombing. The US thought every Japanese citizen was a enemy since the attackers were Japanese.They put them in the camps for the Japanese Americans safety and the caucasians.
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