The Department of Justice (DOJ) operated camps officially called Internment Camps, which were used to detain those suspected of crimes or of "enemy sympathies". The government also operated camps for a number of German Americans and Italian Americans, who sometimes were assigned to share facilities with the Japanese Americans. The WCCA and WRA facilities were the largest and the most public. The WCCA Assembly Centers were temporary facilities that were first set up in horse racing tracks, fairgrounds, and other large public meeting places to assemble and organize inmates before they were transported to WRA Relocation Centers by truck, bus, or train. The WRA Relocation Centers were semi-permanent camps that housed persons removed from the exclusion zone after March 1942, or until they were able to relocate elsewhere in the United States outside the exclusion zone.
the department of justice (doj) operated camps officially called internment camps which were used to detain those suspected of crimes or of "enemy sympathies" the government also operated camps for a number of german americans and italian americans who sometimes were assigned to share facilities with the japanese americans the wcca and wra facilities were the largest and the most public the wcca assembly centers were temporary facilities that were first set up in horse racing tracks fairgrounds and other large public meeting places to assemble and organize inmates before they were transported to wra relocation centers by truck bus or train the wra relocation centers were semi-permanent camps that housed persons removed from the exclusion zone after march 1942 or until they were able to relocate elsewhere in the united states outside the exclusion zone