The internment of Japanese (at the hands of a Democrat President) was unnecessary (though understandeable given the war hysteria following 12/7/1941) and later judged to be unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.
Apologies, reparations, etc have long been issued. Hardly anyone (except for those who were small children) who lived through it is still around.
So ... this is nothing but gratuitous ‘virtue signalling’ by the same people who would GLADLY apply the same method to those they disagree with politically .... you can’t make this stuff up ...
Hindsight is 20/20, and there was a lot concern at the time that the Japanese here would be more loyal to the home country. Why take a chance.
We’d be facing the exact same issue if we ever went to war with China.
No apologies needed...it was war. We paid a price of life and so did they. That’s just how war is. They started it and we ended it.
> The internment of Japanese (at the hands of a Democrat President) was unnecessary
That’s at least arguable. That your statement is certainly politically correct should lead you to question it.
Magic: The Untold Story of U.S. Intelligence and the Evacuation of Japanese Residents from the West Coast During Ww II
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Intelligence-Evacuation-Japanese-Residents/dp/0960273611
At the very least it was a much tougher question for WWII leaders than politically correct nostrums would have you believe. And I’m certainly no fan of FDR.
Why was the internment unnecessary? The Japanese invaded and held Alaskan islands during the war, while they observed a truce with the Soviet Union.
While there was financial hardship for the internees, they were cared for/treated well; not sure what options our government had at the time.