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by Nadya 3485 days ago
Japanese, German, and Italians were all interned under the Alien Enemies Act.
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nbz118 3485 days ago
True but they were overwhelmingly Japanese. It appears about 11K Germans and 2K Italians were interned compared to over 110K Japanese, despite there being significantly more Germans and Italians living in the US.

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Italian_American...

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Mindless2112 3485 days ago
It's not terribly surprising when you consider that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, whereas Germany and Italy did considerably less damage on US soil.
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