What were the Japanese internment camps in the US?
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During World War II, the US government forced more than 110,000 Japanese Americans to leave their homes and to live in internment camps in the western US.  This was done based on Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, racist attitudes about Japan, and concerns that Japanese Americans might spy or sabotage US military efforts.  Internment continued from 1942 to 1945, and while it was in place, the government considered “dual citizens” -- those who had citizenship in both the US and Japan -- a threat to national security.
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What were the Japanese internment camps in the US?
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It’s a difficult and sadly historic episode in US history. During World War II, the US government forced and held hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans in interment camps for years, mainly based on racial prejudice and their perceived “enemy” status. These were inhumane and unjust actions, deeply painful both to the time period and to Japanese Americans and their families, and are a dark stain on the US history of civil rights and equal treatment. This policy was never upheld as constitutional by the court system but resulted from extreme fears at the time and a climate of suspicion and prejudice towards Japanese Americans. 

After the war, the US government formally apologized for these internment camps, acknowledging the racial injustice of this unjustified and deeply harmful treatment. Many former internees later made important contributions to society in various fields, including popular culture, theatre, medicine, science, media, and law. In 1988,
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What were the Japanese internment camps in the US?